Last Updated: April 2008
Website of PCI
This is the privacy statement of PCI and relates to our privacy
practices in connection with this website. We are not responsible
for the content or privacy practices of other websites. Any external
links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such.
In addition to this Privacy Statement you may wish to read our
Data Protection Policy
General statement
PCI respects the rights of users of our website and is committed
to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Data Protection
Acts of 1988 and 2003 (the “Data Protection Acts”) at
all times. We will not collect any personal information (also referred
to as personal data) about you on this website without your permission
or otherwise in accordance with the Data Protection Acts.
Collection and use of personal data
Except in relation to certain specific features of this website,
you do not have to provide us with any personal information (or
personal data) to use our website. However where you elect to give
us your personal data through this website via online feedback forms
or email (e.g. Customer Services) then we will treat your personal
information in accordance with this paragraph.
Web browsing
By simply visiting our website you do not disclose, nor do we
collect, personal data on you. All that we may know about your
visit may be limited to technical data such as:
- the logical address (or IP address) of the server you used
to access this website
- the top level domain name from which you access the internet
(for example .ie, .com, .org, .net)
- the previous website address from which you reached us
- the type of web-browser you used
- web traffic data.
The technical data shall be used for administrative and statistical
purposes and may be shared with our internet service provider. We
will use this information to help us to improve our website. This
technical data does not provide us with the personal data of visitors
to our website.
Cookies
Certain parts of PCI’s website use cookies. We do not use
cookies to collect or store personal information. You can change
the settings on your browser to refuse all cookies. However, you
should note that disabling cookies may result in some parts of the
site not working efficiently or in slower downloads.
Giving us your personal information
Please note that where you provide us with your personal information
(e.g. name, e-mail address, work address, phone and facsimile
numbers and/or other contact information), through a facility
provided on this website or directly to us by e-mail, you consent
to us:
(a) processing and administering your personal data to perform
all necessary actions to give effect to your request or instruction;
and
(b) retaining a record of incoming and outgoing communications
(e.g. email). Information in the email we receive and send will
not be disclosed to any third party without the permission of
the sender unless otherwise in accordance with the Data Protection
Acts.
Please note that by using this website you are giving us your consent
to process your personal data as outlined in this Privacy Statement.
Your consent is also provided to any successor or assignee of PCI
and/or any of its businesses. We inform all persons who submit their
personal data to us of these conditions by this Privacy Statement.
Security of data
PCI takes seriously its security obligations in respect of your
personal data under the Data Protection Acts to prevent unauthorised
access to, or alteration or destruction of personal data in our
possession.
Right of Access
Where you have provided us with your personal data you have a right
to be given a copy of your personal data in accordance with section
4 of the Data Protection Acts subject to certain exceptions. To
request a copy of your personal data please visit our Access
Request Policy where you can download our Access
Request Form for completion before sending it to us at Data
Protection Co-Ordinator, PCI eCommerce Solutions, 19-24 St Andrew
Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. together with the prescribed fee of €6.35.
Please note the following important requirements:
- We reserve the right not to process an access request that
is not made in our Access Request Form format;
- We shall not process an access request unless the prescribed
fee of €6.35 is received by cheque or postal money order
made payable to PCI; and
- We do not accept access requests via telephone, email or text
message.
Right of rectification or erasure
If we hold incorrect information about you which was originally
submitted by you through this website, you have the right to have
the data amended. Further you have the right to have any information
you have sent to us via this website erased. To request your right
to rectification and/or erasure please send your request to us in
writing at Data Protection Co-Ordinator, PCI eCommerce Solutions,
19-24 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. together with:
- Your name and address.
- A description of the specific personal data you wish rectified.
- If you request an erasure of your personal data all your data
will be erased subject to the following important notice.
We are not required to rectify or erase your data where to do so
would prevent you from meeting your contractual obligations to us
or where we are required to process (including retaining) your personal
data for a lawful purpose in accordance with the Data Protection
Acts.
PCI trusts that you appreciate we respect your right to privacy
and that our honesty and integrity shall mean that you will continue
to trust us with your personal data, knowing that we will not use
it for any inappropriate purpose.
Glossary of technical terms used
Cookies: Small pieces of information, stored in
simple text files, placed on your computer by a web site. Cookies
can be read by the website on your subsequent visits so that you
can access information in a faster and more efficient way. The information
stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the web
page, or a unique identification number so that the web site can
"remember" you on your return visit. Generally speaking,
cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be
identified, unless you have separately furnished such information
to the website.
IP address: The identifying details for your computer
(or your internet company's computer), expressed in "internet
protocol" code (for example 192.168.72.34). Every computer
connected to the web has a unique IP address, although the address
may not be the same every time a connection is made.
personal data: means information about you which
can identify you and which is within the possession of PCI (e.g.
your name and address)
web browser: The piece of software you use to
read web pages. Examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape
Navigator, Firefox and Opera.
Further Information
For further information about your Data Protection Rights please
refer to the Data Protection Commissioners Website : www.dataprotection.ie
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