Privacy and Cookie Statement
Privacy Statement
MicroCreds has published this Privacy Statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of users of our website. MicroCreds fully respects your right to privacy and actively seeks to preserve the privacy rights of those who share information with us.
Any personal information you provide to MicroCreds will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality. The personal data which you provide to us will be processed in compliance with Irish and European Data Protection legislation, specifically the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (‘GDPR’) and the Data Protection Act 2018. MicroCreds does not accept responsibility for the content or privacy practices of other external websites linked from our site, including that of our partner universities.
PLEASE NOTE: When you transfer to one of our partner universities websites, they will have their own privacy statements and processing policies. Please consult their relevant statements before submitting any person information.
Processing of Personal Information
MicroCreds does not collect any personal data about you on this website apart from information you volunteer, for example by contacting MicroCreds by e-mail. MicroCreds will not process any personal information about you on this website without your permission, save in cases where MicroCreds is required by law to do so, such as the investigation of a criminal offence by An Garda Síochána.
Any information you provide is not made available to any third parties and is used by MicroCreds only in accordance with the purpose for which you provided the information and will only be retained for as long as required for the purpose. This is normally stated on the webpage where the information is requested and should be self-explanatory. However, if you have any specific queries about the purpose for which your information is to be used, you should email info@microcreds.ie before submitting the information.
PLEASE NOTE: When you transfer to one of our partner universities websites, they will have their own privacy statements and processing policies. Please consult their relevant statements before submitting any person information.
Processing of Technical Information
Cookies may be used by the MicroCreds website to collect non-personal information about how visitors use our websites or to remember display preferences. Temporary session cookies may also be used on some websites to enable specific functionality and no information is retained once the “session” is complete.
Occasionally, cookie information is passed to third parties for analysing website activity and usage. This information will not include any of your personal information from which you will be readily identifiable.
Further Information regarding MicroCreds’ cookie usage is available at https://microcreds.ie/microcreds-cookie-policy
Technical details in connection with visits to this website may be logged on the MicroCreds’ server for accounting and auditing purposes (e.g., Computer IP number).
It is the policy of MicroCreds not to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law.
The technical information will be used only for statistical and other administrative purposes. You should note that technical details, which the MicroCreds cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute “personal data” for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (‘GDPR’) and the Data Protection Act 2018
Links to External Sites
This website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy standards of other websites, including that of our partner universities. We encourage you to be aware of this when you leave our site.
PLEASE NOTE: This privacy statement relates only to the privacy practices in connection with the MicroCreds website.
Review
This Privacy Statement explains the privacy policy that MicroCreds has adopted for its website. However, in legal terms it shall not be construed as a contractual undertaking. MicroCreds reserves the right to review and amend this Statement at any time without notice and you should check this page regularly to view the most up to date Privacy Statement.
Further Information and Contact Details
Further information on your data privacy rights is available on the website of the Data Protection Commissioner www.dataprotection.ie.
If you have any questions, or should you have any concerns relating to the processing of personal data on this Website, please contact: dataprotection@iua.ie
Last updated 29th March 2023