Website Privacy Policy

 

Newmarket Boys’ School is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to www.newmarkebns.ie (“our website”). This privacy statement relates to our practices in connection with our website. We fully respect your right to privacy.

  • When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information:
      1. Personal information you choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis, and
      2. Statistical information collected and used on an aggregate basis as you and others browse through our website.
  • Personal Information
      1. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer automatically when you use the Internet.
      2. When you visit any page in our website, our web provider’s servers log your IP address.
      3. Your IP address is used to help gather broad demographic information.  
      4. Your IP address may also be anonymised and used for statistical purposes.
  • Statistical Information
      1. When you visit our website, certain data is available to us through our internet service provider.  
      2. This data is collected for statistical, aggregate, non-individual analysis. This information is held by our website service provider and is not held by the school.
      3. This information may include the type of internet browser used to access our website, the type of operating system used to access our website, the “top-level” domain name used (i.e. .com, .org, etc.), the date and time of your visit to our website and the number of pages you visited on our website.
  • Disclosure
      1. We do not disclose, sell or distribute any personal information to any third parties.  
      2. Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.
  • Cookies
      1. Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognise the computer used to access a website. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user’s web browser on the user’s hard drive.
      2. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that website by the same user or to use the information to streamline the webpage and to complete data transmissions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.
      3. Our website uses cookies to keep track of your access to the site. By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
      4. Your browser will give you the option of preventing websites using cookies, or deleting cookies that have been accepted.  Your browser’s help service or help manual will show you how this is done. If you do not want your browser to accept cookies, you can “turn off” the cookie acceptance setting on your browser setting.  However you must note that this may stop our website from working properly on your device. If you do not change your browser settings to refuse cookies, our website will issue cookies when you visit our website. If you continue to use our website, you agree and consent to our use of cookies on your device.
  • Security
      1. We employ security measures and policies to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and to guard against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage and we will do our best to ensure that all records we hold remain secure in line with our obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018.
      2. We review our security policies and procedures regularly.
  • Retention
      1. We do not retain your personal data for longer than it is necessary for us to comply with the purpose for which it was collected.  
      2. We do not gather any personal data through forms or surveys, therefore we do not have any data with respect to this website to manage as part of our retention programme.
  • Third Party Websites
      1. Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from third party websites. We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our website nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other websites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our website.
      2. When you use a link to go from our website to another website, our Privacy Statement is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link on our website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
  • Contacting Us
    1. If you are concerned about how your personal data is processed by out website, please do not hesitate to bring these concerns to our attention at office@newmarketbns.ie
  • By using our website you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Statement.
  • If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our website to keep you abreast of any developments.

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