PRIVACY POLICY + TERMS AND CONDITIONS

We at the Society of Virtual Assistants Ireland (SVAI) are committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of our visitors.

This policy explains what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you whilst you visit our site [www.virtualassistantsireland.ie] and how we use cookies on our websites.

By visiting virtualassistantsireland.ie, you are consenting to the privacy policy and terms and conditions of this site. Policies may be updated at any time. By using this site you acknowledge that it is your responsibility to review these policies and be aware of any modifications.

CONTACT DETAILS

Registered Company Name: Society of Virtual Assistants Ireland

Legal Entity: Limited Company

Email: support@virtualassistantsireland.ie

Postal address: 6 Willow Glen, Heronswood, Carrigaline, Cork, Ireland. P43 FX45

It is very important that the information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. Please let us know if at any time your personal information changes by emailing us at support@virtualassistantsireland.ie

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU, FOR WHAT PURPOSE AND HOW WE PROCESS IT

This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR are adhered to. Additionally it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising and the download of any documents, files or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website in order to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer / device in order to serve it to you.

CONTENT & COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER

All content used on this website is copyright SVAI or SVAI have obtained the relevant permissions to use the content. SVAI provides the information on these pages as a public service for informational purposes only. Information contained in these pages is not intended to be, and should not be taken as, advice. All information provided through this website, on our blog or through SVAI email subscription are provided “as-is, where-is” and without any warranties of any kind, including the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Your use of this website does not constitute or establish a contractual relationship with SVAI.

SVAI occasionally provides free downloads. Please do not resell, package or distribute these downloads or upload them to other websites. If you are promoting these downloads, please link back to the original post.

GDPR MAY 2018

We and this website comply to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which came into effect from May 2018.

USE OF COOKIES

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. As required by legislation, where applicable this website uses a cookie control system, allowing the user to give explicit permission or to deny the use of /saving of cookies on their computer / device.

What are cookies? Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.

WEBSITE VISITOR TRACKING

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information.

DOWNLOADS & MEDIA FILES

Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications.

We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications.

CONTACT & COMMUNICATION WITH US

Users contacting this us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use.

Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products/services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above.

EMAIL MAILING LIST & MARKETING MESSAGES

We operate an email mailing list program, used to inform subscribers about products, services and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed and stored in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service, or if not available, other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages (or unsubscribe from all Mailerlite lists). The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, and if it may contain third party content, is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.

Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data.

Our EMS (email marketing service) provider is Mailerlite and you can read their privacy policy here.

EXTERNAL WEBSITE LINKS & THIRD PARTIES

Although we aim to include only quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites).

Shortened URL’s; URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URL’s (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media and looks similar to this (example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo). Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.

We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

If you have any question related to our Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions, please contact us through the contact details listed at the start of the policy.