Who we are
Balbriggan & District Historical Society was established in 1981 with the goal to promote an interest in the local history of Balbriggan & District through lectures, publications and exhibitions, and to establish a Museum in the Balbriggan District.
Our website address is: https://balbrigganhistory.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect i
We collect information about you if we have a reason to do so — for example, to provide our Services, to communicate with you, or to make our Services better.
- Basic account information: We ask for basic information from you in order to set up your account. For example, we require individuals who sign up for a new User account to provide an email address and password, along with a username or name.
- Payment and contact information: If you buy something from us we will collect information to process those payments. This information includes your name, address, phone number and email. If you purchase through our website you will be redirected to PayPal, where you will add your PayPal account details or your credit card details. We do not receive this information through this website. We do keep a record of the purchases you’ve made and your contact details.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
There are a number of reasons for gathering personal data about you. For instance, we need to know how to get in touch with you, we need to give you the best possible customer experience.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
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Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
We use plugins to enhance this functionality of this website. Some of these plugins may collect data about you use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you purchase through our website we will collect information to process those payments. Your contact data will be shared with WooCommerce. This information includes your name, address, phone number and email. Your payment data will be shared with PayPal. This information includes your credit card details.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
If you purchase through our website we will collect information to process those payments. Your contact data will be shared with WooCommerce. This information includes your name, address, phone number and email. Your payment data will be shared with PayPal. This information includes your credit card details.
How we protect your data
This website is encrypted with a Secure Sockets Layer—a small data file that adds a cryptographic key to data transfer between the web browser and the server through encryption and authentication. The end result is an encrypted connection that gives users confidence in the integrity of the certified website.
Our Payment Gateway uses 2 Two-step verification. This is a process that involves two authentication methods performed one after the other to verify that someone or something requesting access is who or what they are declared to be.
What we collect and store
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
- Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.
Who on our team has access
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
- Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
- Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.
Payments
We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.
Cookies
This website uses cookies to track visitor numbers (eg, Google Analytics) and uses a number of plugins that may install cookies. View our cookie policy here.
Data retention and deletion
We will not retain data longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law.
How will we notify you of changes to this policy?
We’ll notify you before we make changes to this policy and give you the opportunity to review the revised policy before you choose to continue using our products/services.
Legal Obligation to Disclose Personal Information
We will not disclose your personal data to anyone without your prior permission unless required to do so by law or to initiate legal proceedings against a person or persons who are suspected of infringing rights or property belonging to Balbriggan Historical Society.
Contact information
For more information regarding our privacy policy you may contact:
Balbriggan Historical Society
balbrigganhistsoc@gmail.com.