Privacy Policy

We at Coalition 2030 c/o the Irish Environmental Network (IEN) respect your right to privacy and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Ireland and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.

By visiting this website, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Statement. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such, and we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these other websites.

If you wish to contact us to discuss any matter in relation to this privacy policy or our processing of your personal data, please feel free to contact us by email at office@EnvironmentalPillar.ie

Personal Data 

This is data that identifies you or can be used to identify or contact you and may include your name, address, email address, user IP addresses in circumstances where they have not been deleted, clipped, or anonymized, telephone number, and billing and credit card information. Such information is only collected from you if you voluntarily submit it to us.

We will process any personal data you provide to us for the following purposes:

1. To contact you to respond to any communications you might send to us;
2. To send you the Coalition 2030 newsletter and to communicate with you about other activities.

• Directly from you, when you provide it to us by filling out forms, registering an account, placing an order, contacting us, or subscribing to our newsletter.
• Automatically from our website, when you visit or use our website or services. We may use cookies or similar technologies to collect technical and usage data. You can find out more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy.
• From third parties, when we receive it from other sources, such as payment providers, delivery services, analytics providers, social media platforms, or public databases.

Security 

Your personal data is held on secure servers. The nature of the Internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via the Internet. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, we will take all reasonable steps (including appropriate technical and organizational measures) to protect your personal data.

Updating, verifying, and deleting personal data

You also have a right to have your personal data corrected, if inaccurate, or, in certain circumstances, erased. Please forward any such requests by email to office@EnvironmentalPillar.ie

Right of access to your personal data

To find out what personal data we hold on you or to have your personal data updated, amended, or removed from our database, please contact office@EnvironmentalPillar.ie

• Provide our website and services to you, such as fulfilling your orders, delivering your products, responding to your queries, or sending you newsletters. The legal basis for this is the performance of a contract with you or taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.
• Improve our website and services, such as analysing usage data, conducting research, testing features, or soliciting feedback. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in enhancing our business operations and customer satisfaction.
• Market our products and services to you, such as sending you promotional offers, newsletters, or surveys. The legal basis for this is either your consent (if you have opted in) or our legitimate interest in growing our business and informing you of relevant products and services.
• Comply with our legal obligations, such as keeping records, reporting taxes, or cooperating with authorities. The legal basis for this is the compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

• With our service providers, who help us with various aspects of our business operations, such as payment processing, delivery, hosting, analytics, marketing, or customer support. We only share the personal data that is necessary for them to perform their services and we require them to respect the security and confidentiality of your personal data.
• With our business partners, who may offer products or services that are complementary to ours or that may interest you. We only share your personal data with your consent or if you have opted in to receive marketing communications from them.
• With other users of our website, if you choose to interact with them through our website features, such as comments, reviews, forums, or social media. Please note that any personal data that you disclose in these public areas may be visible to other users and may be collected and used by them. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other users and we advise you to exercise caution when sharing your personal data online.
• With law enforcement or regulators, if we are required to do so by law or if we believe that it is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety or those of others.

• Encryption, which means that we use secure protocols and algorithms to encrypt your personal data when it is stored or transmitted.
• Access control, which means that we limit the access to your personal data to only those employees, contractors or service providers who need it for their legitimate business purposes and who are bound by confidentiality obligations.
• Firewalls and antivirus software, which means that we use software and hardware devices to prevent unauthorized access or attacks to our systems and networks.
• Backup and recovery, which means that we regularly backup our data and have procedures in place to restore it in case of a loss or damage.

• The right to access, which means that you can request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and check that we are processing it lawfully.
• The right to rectification, which means that you can request us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you.
• The right to erasure, which means that you can request us to delete or remove your personal data when there is no good reason for us to continue processing it.
• The right to restrict processing, which means that you can request us to suspend the processing of your personal data in certain situations, such as when you want us to verify its accuracy or the reason for processing it.
• The right to data portability, which means that you can request us to transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• The right to object, which means that you can object to us processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes or for our legitimate interests, unless we have compelling reasons to override your interests, rights, and freedoms.
• The right to withdraw consent, which means that you can withdraw your consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.
• The right to lodge a complaint, which means that you can lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission if you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data.

Cookies 

This website uses “cookie” technology. A cookie is a little piece of text stored by the browser on your computer, at the request of our server. We may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your personal preferences so you do not have to re-enter them each time you connect to our website – our cookies are not available to other websites.

No personal information is recorded, and the cookie is automatically deleted when you log out or close your browser. You are always free to decline our cookies, if your browser permits, or to ask your browser to indicate when a cookie is being sent. You can also delete cookie files from your computer at your discretion. Note that if you decline our cookies or ask for a notification each time a cookie is sent, this may affect your ease of use of this website.

We will not disclose your personal data to third parties unless you have consented to this disclosure. We will disclose your personal data if we believe in good faith that we are required to disclose it in order to comply with any applicable law, a summons, a search warrant, a court or regulatory order, or other statutory requirements.

Personal data retention policy 

The Environmental Pillar data retention policy will mirror the legal requirement for Ireland. All personal data will be reviewed at least annually and will be deleted if no longer required.

Non-Personal Data 

Like most websites, we gather statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate basis from all visitors to our website. This non-personal data comprises information that cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information regarding, for example, user IP addresses where they have been clipped or anonymized, browser types, and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our website.

We use the non-personal data gathered from visitors to our website in an aggregate form to get a better understanding of where our visitors come from and to help us better design and organize our website.

We may provide non-personal data to third parties, where such information is combined with similar information of other users of our website. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of unique users who visit our website, the demographic breakdown of the community users of our website, or the activities that visitors to our website engage in while on our website. The third parties to whom we may provide this information may include potential or actual advertisers, providers of advertising services (including website tracking services), commercial partners, sponsors, licensees, researchers, and other similar parties.

FAQ

What happens if this Privacy Policy is changed?

Any changes to this policy will be posted on this website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any time we decide to use personal data in a manner significantly different from that stated in this website, Privacy Policy, or otherwise disclosed to you at the time it was collected, we will notify you by email, and you will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in a new manner.

• Email: Justin@ien.ie
• Phone: 01 8780116