We respect your right to privacy and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the EU Regulation 679/2016 General Data Protection Regulation (“Data Protection Law”). Under Data Protection Law, ‘personal data’ is information that identifies you as an individual or is capable of doing so. The purpose of this Website Privacy Policy is to outline how we deal with any personal data you provide to us while visiting this website. Naturally, if you are not happy with this Website Privacy Policy you should not use this website. By visiting this website, you are accepting the terms of this Website Privacy Policy. 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.
We retain two types of information
“Personal Data”
We obtain information about you when you contact us directly about our products and services, either by telephone, email or through our web portal. We obtain this information in order for us to send you a quotation and if applicable we also obtain information when you award us with business relating to your security and electrical needs in order to set up your account. Data which is not relevant to such processing will not be acquired or maintained.
We may collect any or all of the below personal information:
Your name, your address, your telephone number and email address, user IP addresses in circumstances where they have not been deleted. We may also collect your bank account or credit card details when registering certain products. Credit card details will only be taken if the customer chooses the option of using our credit card payment facility for services. These details are not held on file or maintained. Such information is only collected from you if you voluntarily submit it to us. We will retain your information for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was obtained by us or as required for legitimate business purposes.
“Non-Personal Data”
Like most websites, we gather statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate basis of 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 anonymised, browser types and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our website. We will retain this personal information on our contracts database for the duration of your contract. All such information is held on our secure servers.
We will retain your information for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was obtained by us or as required for legitimate business purposes.
When and why we collect personal data
Personal Data:
We obtain information about you when you contact us directly about our products and services, either by telephone, email or through our web portal. We obtain this information in order for us to send you a quotation and if applicable we also obtain information when you award us with business relating to your security and electrical needs in order to set up your account. Data which is not relevant to such processing will not be acquired or maintained.
Non-Personal Data:
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 organise our website.
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. Our cookies will record the following: your IP gateway address, the point of entry to the site, search terms used, your navigation through the site and other information that helps us make the site more accessible. 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 notification each time a cookie is being sent, this may affect your ease of use of this website.
The conditions under which we may disclose data to others
All third parties associated with Thomas Kenny and Co Ltd. operate nationally and in accordance with procedure. Your personal details will only be passed to third parties with your consent, where required for your product or service and on a limited basis following due diligence and in accordance with our internal procedures. We will not share your information with third parties for their own marketing purposes without your permission. We will not disclose your Personal Data to third parties unless you have consented to this disclosure or unless the third party is required to fulfil your order (in such circumstances, the third party is bound by similar data protection requirements). 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 requirement.
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 our 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.
Individual rights
You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of this information please email us at info@tkea.ie or write to us at our registered address. This will be provided to you in a written format. We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date, you may ask us to correct or erase information that you think is inaccurate.
At the time of collecting data you have the right to object to us holding certain information about you.
Sale of Business
We reserve the right to transfer information (including your Personal Data) to a third party in the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, receivership or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of our company provided that the third party agrees to adhere to the terms of the Website Privacy Policy and provided that the third party only uses your Personal Data for the purposes that you provided it to us. You will be notified in the event of any such transfer and you will be afforded an opportunity to opt-out.
Security
Thomas Kenny and Co. Ltd employs high standards of security in order to protect the personal data under its care. Appropriate security measures will be taken to protect against unauthorised access to, or alteration, destruction or disclosure of any personal data held by us in its capacity as Data Controller. Access to and management of customer records is limited to those staff members who have appropriate authorisation and password access. 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 organisational measures) to protect your Personal Data.
Changes to the website Privacy Policy
Any changes to this Website Privacy 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 the new manner.
Any questions regarding this policy and our privacy practises should be sent to info@tkea.ie or by writing to us at our registered address.
Thomas Kenny & Co. Ltd
Garadice
Kilcock
Co. Meath
W23 NVR9
