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PRIVACY
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
1. Visits to our site
Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources that you access.
2. Questions, queries or feedback you leave, including your email address if you sign up to our newsletter.
3. IP address and cookies
We may collect information about your computer, including where available, your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual. For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.
They enable us:
• To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
• To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests.
• To speed up your searches.
• To recognise you when you return to our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Why we collect information
The data described above that is collected, can be used by authorised people in RFCA NI and our suppliers to:
• Improve the site by monitoring how you use it.
• Gather feedback to improve our services.
• Respond to any feedback you send us, if you’ve asked us to.
• Send newsletters to users who request them.
• provide you with information about local services if you want it.
Where your data is stored
We store your data on secure servers in the European Economic Area (EEA).
By submitting your personal data, you agree to this.
When you sign up to our newsletters
We use Etelligent for our newsletters.
As a subscriber to our newsletters, we may contact you from time to time to ask for your feedback on how to improve our email alert service.
To unsubscribe, either click on the “Unsubscribe” link on our e-mails or complete your details at the link below and, in the messages box, type “unsubscribe”.
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Keeping your data secure
Sending information over the internet is generally not completely secure, and we can’t guarantee the security of your data while it’s in transit.
Any data you send is at your own risk.
We have procedures and security features in place to keep your data secure once we receive it.
Disclosing your information
We may pass on your personal information if we have a legal obligation to do so. This includes exchanging information with other government departments for legal reasons.
We won’t share your information with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your details to other websites.
Your rights
You can find out what information we hold about you, and ask us not to use any of the information we collect.
If you’ve signed up for newsletters, you can unsubscribe at any time.
Links to other websites
The RFCA NI website contains links to other websites.
This privacy policy only applies to the RFCA NI website, and doesn’t cover other government services and transactions that we link to. These services have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies.
Following a link to another website
If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.
Following a link to the RFCA NI website from another website
If you come to the RFCA NI website from another website, we may receive information from the other website. We don’t use this data. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.
