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Privacy Policy

Girlguiding Ulster is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy details the information we collect from you when you access the Girlguiding Ulster website and the steps we take to ensure that this information remains confidential.

Our Intentions

We collect some basic information about you in order to improve your browsing experience and to process any order made by you in our online shop. We will not release any personal information to a third party under any circumstances unless expressly authorised to do so by you, or if we are obliged to do so by law.

All information will be dealt with in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and we will always aim to meet current internet best practices.

What information do we collect?

Using Google Analytics we collect information about your usage of our site in order to improve your browsing experience. This information is about your computer, is not personal to you and is collected regardless of whether you have registered with us. The information we collect includes, but is not limited to the following:

  • Your IP address
  • Information on your computer such as your operating system and browser software
  • your geographic location
  • the amount of time you spend accessing the Girlguiding Ulster website including the amount of time you spend on any given page
  • the website you were on prior to landing on our website.

The Girlguiding Ulster website uses cookies which are a small text file stored on your computer’s disk drive. This is a very common process, is completely harmless and cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

The cookie holds information on your browsing preferences and is used to improve our website for you. Should you wish to prevent cookies being stored on your computer you can do this by setting your browser’s preferences accordingly.

Should you register with us in order to purchase items from our online shop, you will also provide us with the following information:

  • your name
  • Your address and telephone number
  • your email address
  • your Girlguiding membership number (if applicable)
  • your role within Girlguiding (if applicable)
  • the name of your Guiding county and unit (if applicable)
  • your credit/debit card details

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of all personal information we hold for you. All such requests should be sent to:

Girlguiding Ulster

Lorne Estate

30 Station Road

Holywood

BT18 0BP

An appropriate fee will be payable on the disclosure of this information. Should any of the data be incorrect or incomplete, a written statement should be sent to the same address where we will endeavor to amend the data promptly.

Consent to the use of cookies.

For our website to function properly we use cookies. To obtain your valid consent for the use and storage of cookies in the browser you use to access our website and to properly document this we use a consent management platform: CookieFirst. This technology is provided by Digital Data Solutions BV, Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cookiefirst.com referred to as CookieFirst.

When you access our website, a connection is established with CookieFirst’s server to give us the possibility to obtain valid consent from you to the use of certain cookies. CookieFirst then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to activate only those cookies to which you have consented and to properly document this. The data processed is stored until the predefined storage period expires or you request to delete the data. Certain mandatory legal storage periods may apply notwithstanding the aforementioned.

CookieFirst is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with CookieFirst. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server log files

Our website and CookieFirst automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The following data is collected:

  • Your consent status or the withdrawal of consent
  • Your anonymised IP address
  • Information about your Browser
  • Information about your Device
  • The date and time you have visited our website
  • The webpage url where you saved or updated your consent preferences
  • The approximate location of the user that saved their consent preference
  • A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the website visitor that clicked the cookie banner