Privacy policy
Lingwood Mediation is committed to protecting and safeguarding your personal data.
As part of this commitment our privacy policy meets the requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This privacy policy explains how and why we collect your personal data and how it is used and applies to all services offered by www.lingwoodmediation.ie
In summary, Lingwood Mediation does not: collect more personal data than is necessary; use personal data for purposes other than those specified; keep personal data for longer than it is needed or share personal data with any unspecified third parties.
You may browse our website without providing us with any personal data and this will not affect your ability to view our website.
You may browse our website without providing us with any personal data and this will not affect your ability to view our website.
This Privacy Policy applies to the personal information shared or stored by people who interact with our company website www.lingwoodmediation.ie
By visiting www.lingwoodmediation.ie or signing up to receive communications sent through our email platform, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy. You are therefore encouraged to read this policy before using or submitting information to Lingwood Mediation.
If anything is unclear, or if you have any questions relating to how Lingwood Mediation protects your personal information, please contact us, through the contact methods available on the website.
Policy summary
Principles
Our policy is to obtain and process your personal information fairly, and to keep and use it only for specific purposes (outlined below under sections headlined Data Collection and Purpose).
We are committed to keeping your personal information secure, accurate, up-to-date and complete.
We shall not hold more information than is required, and shall only hold it as long as required for its specific purpose.
Any requests you make to access, correct or delete your personal information will be addressed as promptly as possible.
You may browse our website without providing us with any personal data and this will not affect your ability to view our website.
Data Collection
There is a feature on the website within which interested parties have the option to voluntarily input their details (name, company, phone, and email), on the “Contact” page. Should interested parties choose to enter this detail, it will only be processed and used for administration purposes so Lingwood Mediation can contact and respond to the sender. This information will not be shared with any third parties and will not be retained for longer than necessary and only be used for the purpose for which it is collected. We recognise that personal data may not be retained indefinitely.
We always include an unsubscribe button in our communications, so you can opt out of receiving such communications at any time.
There is a feature on the website within which interested parties have the option to voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter and can input their details (name, company, phone, and email). Should interested parties choose to enter this detail, it will only be processed and used for administration purposes so Lingwood Mediation can contact and respond to the sender. This information will not be shared with any third parties and will not be retained for longer than necessary and only be used for the purpose for which it is collected. We recognise that personal data may not be retained indefinitely.
We always include an unsubscribe button in our communications, so you can opt out of receiving such communications at any time.
We may contact you for customer satisfaction surveys and in connection with other transactions.
We sometimes use personal information for marketing communications, but only if you have given permission for that purpose.
We also attempt to personalize your experience while you are on our websites, and to generate website usage statistics.
Choices
When we collect personal information from you directly (e.g.: through forms), you can advise what you want it to be used for and not used for. For example, whether you want to receive follow-up marketing communications on our services.
Where we collect website usage information from you indirectly (e.g.: through cookies), you can influence whether and what is shared. For example, you can turn off cookies in your web browser.
You may request a copy of any personal information we hold about you by using the contact details at the end of this policy document. You can also request that data be amended or removed.
Web browser cookies
Our site may use “cookies” to enhance the user experience. Cookies are small text files that act as an identification card and they cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. The use of cookies is an industry standard, their purpose merely being to record that you have visited or returned to that web page. Lingwood Mediation does not collect additional information such as age, gender, interests, or bank details.
Social Media Plug-Ins
Our website has 5 plug-ins: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. These plug-ins remain inactive until clicked upon. Once clicked upon, the individual will be taken to the social media network each of which have their own specific privacy policies which we recommend users consult.
Third Party Websites
Our website may contain links to and from third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy settings, and these are not endorsed by us. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these third-party websites. Please undertake the appropriate due diligence before submitting any Personal Data to these websites.
Website Analytics
We process anonymous data through Google Analytics to ensure our site is relevant to users’ needs.
Changes to the privacy policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time. All changes will be updated here, on this page. The date of the latest review can be found at the end of this policy. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes.
Governance
Lingwood Mediation is committed to complying with relevant data protection legislation.
This includes local legislation (including the Data Protection Acts of 1988 and 2003), current EU data privacy directives (95/46/EC, 1995), EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018), and the standards applicable in the United States and other countries and states.
We also communicate our privacy and data protection guidelines to Lingwood Mediation employees and strictly enforce privacy safeguards within the company. This includes training and awareness on data protection topics and confidentiality agreements with employees.
We review data privacy governance measures regularly. If a change to the privacy policy is required, we will publish details of those changes 30 days prior to the changes coming into effect.
Terms and Conditions
To use Lingwood Mediation website, you must agree to the following acceptable usage conditions: you must agree to the following acceptable usage conditions:
You will adhere to the outlined Lingwood Mediation Anti-Spam Policy which prohibits the sending of spam emails
You will load images, content, files and other materials that you either own the copyright to or have the expressed permission of the copyright owner to use
You will not impersonate any person or entity
You will not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content
You will not upload or otherwise transmit any content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements
You will not upload or otherwise transmit any content or domain name that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any person
You will under no circumstances try to circumvent the security of the Lingwood Mediation system
You will not use the system for any unlawful activity
You will be responsible for all content and will not use the system to distribute information, which could be considered:
Pornographic
Racist
Related to the sale or use of illegal substances
Distribution of trojans or viruses
Promotes violence of any type again individuals, governments or institutions
Your rights relating to personal data
You have the following rights under the GDPR, in certain circumstances and subject to certain exemptions, in relation to your personal data:
• right to access the data – you have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you, together with other information about our processing of that personal data.
• right to rectification– you have the right to request that any inaccurate data that is held about you is corrected, or if we have incomplete information you may request that we update the information such that it is complete.
• right to erasure – you have the right to request us to delete personal data that we hold about you. This is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten. If we are processing personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing which took place prior to its withdrawal.
• right to restriction of processing or to object to processing – you have the right to request that we no longer process your personal data for particular purposes, or to object to our processing of your personal data for particular purposes.
• Right to data portability – you have the right to request us to provide you, or a third party, with a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format.
To exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the contact details at the start of this privacy notice.
Contact
If you require any further information on the Lingwood Mediation privacy policy, the practices of this site or your dealings with the site, please contact info@lingwoodmediation.ie citing the reference privacy policy.
If you wish to make a complaint in relation to the use of your Personal Data, you may contact the Irish Data Protection Commission at info@dataprotection.ie
August 2021
Who we are
Our website address is: https://lingwoodmediation.ie.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.