PRIVACY POLICY

Fordlin Construction respects the rights of users of our site and are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with Data Protection legislation at all times. We will not collect any personal information (also referred to as personal data) about you on this site without your permission or otherwise in accordance with Data Protection legislation.

Our sole interest in this site is to supply customers with the product and service they require, we therefore do not disclose any information supplied to us by you to any third parties. All information is collected for the purpose of providing you with a service that you have requested. This Privacy Policy applies solely to websites operated or controlled by Fordlin Construction Ltd.

Collection of information

You can visit our website without entering personal information. By simply visiting our site, you do not disclose, nor do we collect, personal data about you. The information collected about your visit is limited to technical data such as:

  • The Internet address (or IP address) of the device you used to access this site;
  • Whether you reached the site using a search engine or if you clicked a link on another website;
  • The type of web browser you used;
  • The date and time you accessed the site;
  • The type of device you used to access the Internet;
  • Your operating system;
  • The pages you viewed, the links you click, and other actions taken within our web site.

We use this data for administrative and statistical purposes as well as to help us redesign and improve our site. This technical data does not provide us with the personal data of visitors to our site.

Giving us your Personal Data

You are not required to provide us with any personal information (or personal data) in order to use our site. However, where you choose to give us personal data, via online contact forms or e-mail, then we will treat your personal information in accordance with Data Protection legislation.

Please note that where you provide us with your personal information (e.g. title, name, address, e-mail address, telephone number), through an on line contact us form 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. e-mail). Information in the e-mail 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 legislation.

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or with legal process served on us, to protect and defend our rights or property, or in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of any individual.

Security of Data

Fordlin Construction Ltd. takes seriously its security obligations in respect of your personal data under the Data Protection Acts in order 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 through this site 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 email: info@fordlin.ie

Please note the following important requirements:

  • We reserve the right not to process an access request that is not accompanied by proof of identification;
  • We do not accept access requests via telephone, e-mail or text message.

Right of Rectification or Erasure

If we hold incorrect information about you which was originally submitted by you through this site, you have the right to have the data amended. You also have the right to have any information you have sent to us via this site erased. To request your right to rectification and/or erasure please send your request in writing to: info@fordlin.ie

This request must be accompanied by:

  • Proof of your name and address; and a description of the specific personal data you wish rectified.
  • We do not accept rectification/erasure requests via telephone, e-mail or text message.

If you request 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.

Emailing Us

Any emails sent to us are recorded and forwarded to the relevant section. The sender’s email address will remain visible to all staff tasked with dealing with the query. Please be aware that it is the sender’s responsibility to ensure that the content of their emails is within the bounds of the law. Unsolicited material of a criminal nature will be reported to the relevant authorities and blocked

Links to other sites

This privacy statement applies solely to our website. While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OR PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each and every website that they visit.

COOKIES

We use Google Analytics “Cookies” on this website. A “cookie” is a small piece of data (a text file) that may be stored on your computer or mobile device. It allows a website “remember” your actions or preferences over a length of time.

The purpose of the cookies is solely to assist us to redesign our website to ensure we provide relevant information in an easily accessible format.

We will use the information gained from cookies and web analytics to evaluate your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other website activity and internet related services.

If you do not wish to receive cookies, please refer to the “Help” file of your Internet Browser to learn how to either block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please note that, if you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those services or engage in activities that require the placement of cookies. 

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics through this link: Google Analytics Opt Out Link

Our site may contain electronic images known as web beacons – or single-pixel gifs – that allow us to count the number of users who have visited certain pages. 

Further information on cookies can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm

First Party Cookies: These cookies are set by this website directly and include web analytics tools like Google Analytics which are used to collect anonymous information about how users browse the site. This cannot be used to identify personal information (e.g. name or address). Certain cookies are deemed strictly necessary to the working of the website. For brochure sites and ecommerce sites a session cookie is necessary for remembering your log-in for you, whether you are a registered user or not or remembering what has been put in the shopping basket. If this cookie is disabled it will disrupt the functionality on the site.

Third Party Cookies: These cookies are set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type include the social network content sharing buttons across the site (e.g. Youtube and Facebook). To facilitate the implementation of these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website which we do not control and cannot access. You should check the third party websites for more information about these cookies.

Changes to our Privacy Statement

This is a live document, under regular review. This policy was last updated in May 2018.

Contact

If you have questions regarding our privacy policy or our handling of your personal information, please contact us via email at info@fordlin.ie