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1.\u00a0 Our Privacy Policy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1.1\u00a0 \u00a0 This privacy policy explains how the personal information collected when you use our website is used by us<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1.2\u00a0 \u00a0 Personal information in this context is that which can directly or indirectly (with other information) identify a living person and is called personal data in Data Protection legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1.3\u00a0 \u00a0 We\u00a0comply with Irish and European Union wide Data Protection legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1.4\u00a0 We use a variety of administrative, physical and technical security measures intended to safeguard your personal information.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1.5\u00a0 \u00a0 This policy may be supplemented from time to time, subject to your consent where required by Data Protection legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0 Information Input by You<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2.1\u00a0 \u00a0 The website collects information which you input.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2.2\u00a0 \u00a0The information collected includes that which you complete when you register as a user,\u00a0 including your name, company\/ business name, postal address,\u00a0 telephone number (where provided), email address \/ user name, and password.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2.3\u00a0 \u00a0 Neither we, our administrators or service providers see your password as it is encrypted and stored in a database. We cannot undertake not to attempt to decipher your password or to seek to make it available to us or to others.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2.4\u00a0 \u00a0 We do not see your credit card details nor do have any access to them. They are collected and processed by Stripe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2.5\u00a0 \u00a0 We collect information which you send to us by way of comments, feedback and emails and communications and interests preferences which you may express from time to time.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 Information Automatically Collected by the Website\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3.1\u00a0 \u00a0 The website automatically collects information when you use the Legal Guide service.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3.2\u00a0 \u00a0The information automatically collected may include\u00a0computer, device and connection information, such as IP address, browser type and version, operating system, mobile platform and unique device identifier and other technical identifiers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3.3\u00a0 \u00a0 The information automatically collected may include usage data, such as clickstream data, including date and time stamp, and referring and exit pages, search terms you used and pages you visited or searched for on the website.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3.4\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We collect this data through our servers and the use of other technologies. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3.5\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We use cookies. Please see below in relation to our use of cookies and third-party cookies. You can control cookies through your browser\u2019s settings and other tools, but this may affect the functionality of the website.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0 Non-Personal Information<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 4.1\u00a0 \u00a0 If we combine non-personal information with personal information, the combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it remains combined, or in any way permits direct association with any specific individual.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 4.2\u00a0 \u00a0 We may use and disclose information that does not reveal your identity or permit direct association with you or any specific individual for any purpose, except where we are restricted by law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 4.3\u00a0 \u00a0 This may include browser and device information, anonymous usage data and aggregated information,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 5.\u00a0 Use of Your Information<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 5.1\u00a0 \u00a0 We may use your personal information to\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 5.2\u00a0 \u00a0 You can manage your communications preferences by contacting us at subscriptions@legalguide.ie.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 5.3\u00a0 \u00a0 We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16 or target the website service to them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 6.\u00a0 Sharing of Your Information<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 6.1\u00a0 \u00a0 We may share your personal information with:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n in order to process the information for us based on our instructions and in compliance with this privacy policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 6.2\u00a0 \u00a0 We may share your personal information with our related companies, joint venture partners and other non-related third parties, including entities for which we are acting as an agent, licensee, application host or publisher, that wish to send you information about their products and services that may be of interest to you, as determined by your choices and communications preferences and in accordance with the Data Protection legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 6.3\u00a0 \u00a0 We also may disclose your personal information:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 6.4\u00a0 \u00a0 Your personal information may be transferred to, accessed from and stored in servers and facilities located in your region or another country, subject to Data Protection legislation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 7.\u00a0 \u00a0Cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n What are Cookies?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 7.1\u00a0 \u00a0As is common practice with almost all similar websites, the website site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. These following sections describe what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored. However, this may downgrade or \u2018break\u2019 certain elements of the website’s functionality.\u00a0For more general information on cookies see the\u00a0Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n How We Use Cookies<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 7.2\u00a0 \u00a0We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below.\u00a0\u00a0As we sell online products and services, it is important for us to understand subscriptions purchased or taken to the website. This is the kind of data that these cookies will track.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Disabling Cookies<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 7.3\u00a0 \u00a0You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this).\u00a0There are no industry standard options for disabling cookies affecting the functionality and features that they add to this site. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n More Information<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 7.4\u00a0 \u00a0 If you are still looking for more information, then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Our Cookies\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 8.1\u00a0 \u00a0If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out. However, in some cases, they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 8.2\u00a0 \u00a0We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in repeatedly when you are using the website. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 8.3\u00a0 \u00a0This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid for subscribed or unsubscribed users.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 8.4\u00a0 \u00a0When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Third Party Cookies<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 9.1\u00a0 \u00a0 In some cases we may also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 9.2\u00a0 \u00a0This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.\u00a0For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the\u00a0official Google Analytics page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 9.3\u00a0 \u00a0This website offers e-commerce \/ payment facilities through Stripe and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order and account is remembered so that we can process it properly. We do not have access to credit card details which are provided by you to Stripe upon subscription. Please refer to their privacy policies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 9.4\u00a0 \u00a0We may use social media buttons and\/or plugins on the website that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & Google Plus, will set cookies through our website which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n E-Mail Newsletters and Marketing\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 10.1\u00a0 \u00a0By registering for a Free Trial, a Free Trial user consents to the receipt of occasional newsletters and marketing material from us about our services and other legal, tax, regulatory and related services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 10.2\u00a0 \u00a0We may send other Subscribers who are or have been customers, occasional newsletters and marketing material about our services in accordance with law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 10.3\u00a0 \u00a0Business and Corporate Subscribers may be sent occasional newsletters and marketing materials about our services and other legal, regulatory and related services in accordance with law.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 10.4\u00a0 \u00a0 Any user may opt-out of the receipt of newsletters and marketing material from us at any time by e-mailing “opt-out” to subscriptions@legalguide.ie.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 11.\u00a0 \u00a0Access to Your Personal Information\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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