Privacy Policy

The Irish Foster Care Association is committed to protecting your privacy on line and we appreciate that you do not want the personal information you provide to us distributed indiscriminately. Here we explain how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We process the personal data you provide to us for the following purposes:

to process your membership;

To communicate with you about your all aspects of your membership;

to register your interest in and communicate with you about

our services

our campaigns and advocacy work

our events and activities

our training courses/ workshops and our publications

our volunteer opportunities

our conferences and other events and programmes

to process your job or volunteer placement applications;

to process your request for research application;

to respond to your queries and information requests;

to respond to any feedback you provide or a complaint you make;

to conduct research and analysis to monitor the performance of our campaigns, appeals, events and products.

to market to you according to your preferences;

The Irish Foster Care Association will process your personal data based on the following grounds:

Your consent – where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent

Where it is necessary for the performance of a contract;

Where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation which Irish Foster Care Association is subject;

Where it is in Irish Foster Care Association legitimate interest to;

administer and record your donation and to keep a record of your relationship with us;

provide you with information about any fundraising activities or campaigns that you have agreed to take part in;

provide you with information necessary for any training, workshop or event you sign up for;

assess employee and volunteer applications and recruit employees and volunteers;

follow up with your queries;

assess our fundraising activities.

We will treat any personal information by which you can be identified in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Irish Foster Care Association and associated companies may also wish to provide you with information about special features of our website or any other service or products we think may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send an e-mail to: admin@ifca.ie

Cookies

Cookies are used for operational purposes within the website.

Protecting your information

The Irish Foster Care Association places great importance on the security of all personal identifiable information and recognises that the internet is not a totally secure medium. The Irish Foster Care Association will keep your details on our server or on a database where every reasonable care has been taken to ensure the security of your data. We also keep your information confidential. The internal procedures of The Irish Foster Care Association cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information. We will only disclose your information as required by law.

Updating your details

You have a legal right to a copy of all personal information about you held by us. You also have a right to correct any errors in that information. If any of the information that you have provided to The Irish Foster Care Association changes, you change your e-mail address or name or if you wish us to remove your details from our records, please let us know by sending an e-mail to admin@ifca.ie.

By using the Irish Foster Care Association website you consent to the collection and use of your information by The Irish Foster Care Association as set out in this privacy policy. If we change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other pages of the website. We will also place a notice on our website should we make any changes so that you may consent to our use of your information in that way. If you do not agree to any such changes please contact us by sending an e-mail to admin@ifca.ie and we shall remove your details from our records.

Who we share your data with

We do not provide your personally identifiable information to outside parties.

The information you provide when interacting with our website will be kept securely and used by the Irish Foster Care Association in order to make your interaction with us possible. Your information will only be shared with selected third party service providers, contracted by the us to assist with our work. Your information will not be shared with any other organisation, other than with your permission, or where required by law.

We also reserve the right to enforce our site policies in order to protect our rights and the rights of other individuals in a manner that is safe and compliant with the law.
Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. For example, we may disclose the total number of visits to our website.

How long we retain your data

The Irish Foster Care Association holds personal data for a range of time periods; these are guided by our statutory requirements for certain data (e.g. financial records, employment records or health and safety records), our contractual obligations and our business and risk management requirements.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

This Privacy Policy is subject to change; please check our website frequently to see recent changes.

Contacting Us

If you would like to comment about our website or privacy policy we would be pleased to hear from you: admin@ifca.ie using subject Privacy Policy.

Alternatively you can write to us at:

The Irish Foster Care Association

23 The Village Green

Tallaght,

D24F6XA

Our website address is: https://ifca.ie