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The Order of the Discalced Carmelites (www.ocd.ie)

www.ocd.ie is the website of The Order of the Discalced Carmelites (‘The Order’, ‘we’, ‘us, ‘our’).

This policy discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices relating to this website. In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this in full. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. We reserve the right to modify this privacy notice at any time. Each time you use this website you shall be bound by the then current Privacy policy and accordingly you should review the privacy notice each time you use this website.

This policy governs the online processing activities of this website. For offline processing of personal data, please request a copy of our data protection policy from our Data Protection Manager (contact details below).

Who we are.

We are the Order of the Discalced Carmelites. The Order consists of Friars (priests and brothers), Contemplative Nuns, Secular Order Carmelites and associated lay people who serve the church through lives of prayer and contemplation. www.ocd.ie is the homepage of the Order.

Data Controller

The Order is the controller of the personal data it processes. You can contact us in a number of ways, which are set out on the contact us page of our website at https://ocd.ie/contact-us/

Contact Details

The Order has appointed a Data Protection Manager.  If you wish to contact them in relation to the processing of your personal data, you can do so by e-mailing tona@ocd.ie

Data Protection

We take our responsibility to protect your data seriously and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear knowledge and permission. Any personal information which you volunteer to us will be treated strictly in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018. Where data is submitted it will be used for the stated purpose and any reasonably incidental purposes only.

We do not sell or distribute your personal information to third parties for purposes of allowing them to market products and services to you.

Communicating via the internet and sending information to you by other means necessarily involves your personal information passing through or being handled by third-parties.

The information we collect

  • For general web-browsing certain statistical information is available to us via our internet service provider. This information may include the IP and logical address of the server you are using, the top level domain name from which you access the internet (for example .ie, .com, etc.), the type of browser you are using, the date and time you access our site and the internet address linking to our site. We may also use temporary “session” cookies which enable a visitor’s web browser to remember which pages on this website have already been visited. Please refer to our cookie policy for further information.
  • You have an opportunity to send us information via this website, such to the email address on the “contact us” page. You may also choose to provide us with personal data (e.g. name, e-mail, postal address or other contact details) in an e-mail message. We will use these details solely for the purpose for which you provided them.

The purpose of collecting information

  • Website functionality – We analyse website users’ pattern of use to help us to improve, administer and diagnose problems with our server and website.
  • Complaint handling – we may use the data you provide to us via our email address.
  • Responding to your query – you may provide us with personal data through our email address while seeking information about our services.
  • Sending newsletters – we will only send newsletters or marketing updates to you if you have provided your consent to receive them.

Legal basis for processing

We process your personal data based on the following lawful basis:

  1. Processing necessary for the performance of a contract (e.g. Employment contract) 
  2. Processing necessary for the Order to pursue its legitimate interests (e.g. CCTV) 
  3. Processing based on the Data Subject’s consent  
  4. Processing that is required under applicable law (e.g. Revenue) 

Your rights

Under data protection law, data subjects have certain rights. Subject to certain restrictions, which are set out below, you can exercise these rights in relation to your personal data we process.

  1. The right to be informed about the processing of your personal data 
  2. The right to access your personal data
  3. The right to rectification of your personal data 
  4. The right to erasure of your personal data
  5. The right to data portability
  6. The right to object to processing of your personal data
  7. The right to restrict processing of your personal data
  8. Rights in relation to automated decision making, including profiling. 
  9. You have the right to complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission (www.dataprotection.ie ) and to seek compensation through the courts

We reserve the right to request you to provide additional information in order to enable us to identify your personal data and/or to verify your identity.

Restriction of data subject rights in certain circumstances

Article 23 of the GDPR allows for data subject rights to be restricted in certain circumstances. In addition, the 2018 Act contains certain provisions dealing with the restriction of rights of data subjects, in particular Sections 59, 60 and 61, which give further effect to the provisions of Article 23. Further information can be found here.

Who we share your information with

We do not share your information with third parties other than those set out in this policy. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • Service providers: We may need to share personal information with our service providers, such as where necessary to provide our services to you. If there has been a breach of our terms of use, we may also share personal information with our legal advisors. All of our service providers will be obliged to keep your personal information safe and secure.
  • Legal and safety: In certain instances, we may share information where we reasonably believe that it is necessary for legal reasons, to defend our legal rights, to enforce our terms of use or to protect our rights, property, users, customers or the safety of any person. For example, we may provide personal information where ordered by a court to do so.
  • Other: We will share your information with a third party other than a service provider where you have given your consent for us to do so.

Where we store personal information

We generally store personal information on servers located inside the European Economic Area. However, in certain cases it may be necessary for us to transfer certain information to servers located outside of the EU. It is important to be aware that the privacy protections in certain jurisdictions may not be equivalent to those in Europe but we will only transfer your information outside the EEA where permitted by law and ensuring that it is subject to appropriate protections.

Data Retention

The Order of the Discalced Carmelites retains personal data for a range of periods as set out in our Data Retention Policy.

Security

We take our security responsibilities seriously, employing the most appropriate physical and technical measures. We review our security policy regularly. 

Changes to this policy

We may revise this policy on occasion. This privacy notice was last updated on the 27th November 2024. 

Prepared by Ambit Compliance.

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