PARC Website Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement — [Updated 1 June 2007] {Re: Website of PARC---PARC has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate its firm commitment to your privacy. By visiting this website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.} This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with parcgroup.info. We are not responsible for the content or pricacy practices of other websites. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such. Some technical terms used in this statement are explained at the end of this page. General Statement: PARC fully respects your right to privacy, and we will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear permission. Any information which you volunteer to PARC's website will be treated with the highest standard of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003. Information You Give Us: Any personal data provided by you to us will be held in accordance with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection (Amendment) Act, 2003, the Data Protection Act, 1988, Electronic Commerce Act, 2000, and other relevant EU and Irish legislation. PARC assures you that the identity of all who contact us through this website is kept confidential: we do not rent, sell, or exchange mailing lists, or otherwise disclose such information to third parties, except as may be required by law, or through voluntary cooperation with law enforcement authorities if we judge that such cooperation is necessary to combat fraud or other crime. Automatic Information: For general web browsing no personal information is revealed to us, although certain statistical information is available to us from our website logs. For example, like many websites, we obtain certain types of information when your web browser* accesses parcgroup.info. See* below for examples. Examples of Information Collected: Internet Protocol (IP) address** used to connect your computer to the internet. Email address - if you email any of our public email addresses or complete our contact form. Name and address - if you complete our contact form. Computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, platform, referring url and pages visited in website logs. PARC will make no attempt to identify individual visitors or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual, except in cases where criminal activity has taken place (i.e. in response to a "hacking" incident). It is the policy of PARC never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to a third party, except for law-enforcement bodies and then only in response to illegal activity such as "hacking" or, unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law. The technical information will be used only by PARC, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes. You should note that technical details, which we cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003. Cookies: PARC does not transfer cookies*** to the computers of any visitors to our website. Does PARC Share the Information It Receives? The names and addresses and email addresses freely supplied by visitors to our website are only shared in cases where there is a statutory requirement to share information with a government agency or other local authority or where your information must be shared with another agency in order to answer a customer query,  then the minimum amount of information required will be shared in an appropriate manner. Links To Other Websites: In order to make more information easier to find for our users,  parcgroup.info website may in the future provide links to content owned and hosted by other agencies, companies, organizations, etc. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such. We link to other websites that provide information relevant to members of the public living in Ireland and to websites whose content we think would be of interest.  PARC makes no promises or recommendations about the quality of services provided by groups owning the websites we link to. Glossary of Technical Terms Used: * Web browser - the software program you use to read web pages. Examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. **IP address (for example 192.168.88.21) - the identifying details for your computer (or your internet company’s computer), expressed in "internet protocol" code (for example 192.168.72.34).  Every computer connected to the internet has a unique IP address, although the address may not be the same every time a connection is made. ***Cookies - are alphanumeric identifiers that are transfered to your computer's hard drive through your web browser to enable website systems to recognize your computer. Disclaimer: Whilst PARC makes every effort to keep the information on this web site accurate, we disclaim any warranty or representation, expressed or implied, about its accuracy, completeness or appropriateness for a particular purpose. Thus, you assume full responsibility for using the information on this website and you understand and agree that neither PARC nor any of its employees or agents are responsible or liable for any claim, loss or damage resulting from its use. If you find anything that causes concern please let us know. Amendments: PARC reserves the right in its sole discretion to amend this privacy statement at any time and you should regularly check this privacy statement for any amendments. More Information/Contact: You have the right to access or ask us for a copy of any information that you have provided to us, you can do this by contacting PARC at the email address below. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this website or your dealings with this website, you can contact: susan@parcgroup.ie.