Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will explain how the Gaelcon Irish Games Association CLG (referred to as ‘our’, ‘us’, ‘we’) uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website and the Gaelcon website.

What data do we collect?

Our Company collects the following data:

Personal identification information (Name, address, email address, phone number, discord handle)
Details of your browsing history
Stripe and Paypal also collect payment information when you make purchases

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide our Company with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

Register online or place an order for any of our products or services
Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies
Join our mailing list

How will we use your data?

Our Company collects your data so that we can:

Process your order and manage your account
Email you with special offers on products and services we think you might like
Determine if our website and advertisements are providing people with the correct information and functioning correctly

How do we store your data?

Our Company securely stores your order data in a database in Ireland and an email about your order will notify our staff. Only staff who fulfil orders will have access to that data using a secure means. Our Company will keep your order data for 15 months.
Google Drive store our mailing list data and we send mailshots through Gmail. We store your email address for our own marketing purposes until you unsubscribe. Please see Google’s privacy policy for further information on how they store that data here https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
We store your enquires for 1 year after your last reply once we have resolved your issue. If an enquiry becomes a complaint, we will keep it for 7 years in case you wish to review the history of the complaint.
Stripe store your payment information for the purpose of processing purchases and refunds on our store. Their privacy policy is here https://stripe.com/ie/privacy

Paypal store your payment information for the purpose of processing purchases and refunds on our store. Their privacy policy is here https://www.paypal.com/en/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Marketing

If you sign up to our mailing list or make a purchase from our website, we may send you marketing information until you opt out. To opt out, simply use the unsubscribe button at the bottom of one of our emails. If you haven’t kept any of our emails, you may contact us on the contact form on the About Us page on our website and we will remove you from our mailing list.

What are your data protection rights?

Our company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of the personal data we have on you by email.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request we complete any information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request we erase your data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain circumstances.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@iga.ie.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
For further information visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org

How do we use cookies?

Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

Keeping you signed in
Understanding how you use our website
Understanding whether you arrived at our website through advertising

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 13 October 2021.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us by emailing info@iga.ie.

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Our Company has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.