Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy provides our policies and procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing your information. Users can access the PAW Ireland service (the “Service”) through our website wildlifecrime.ie  A “Device” is any computer used to access the PAW Ireland Service, including without limitation a desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, or other consumer electronic device. This Privacy Policy governs your access of the PAW Ireland Service, regardless of how you access it, and by using our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure and other uses described in this Privacy Policy. All of the different forms of data, content, and information described below are collectively referred to as “information.”

  1. The Information We Collect And Store

We may collect and store the following information when running the PAW Ireland Service: Information. PAW Ireland only collects general statistical data (incident type, month of incident, general location only) from a report for analytics only. This data is only collected if you consent; otherwise no data is collected.

We do not permanently store any of the files or messages you receive on the PAW Ireland Service. Your data is not stored by PAW Ireland. We may use “cookies” to collect information and improve our Services. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your Device. We may use “session ID cookies” to enable certain features of the Service, to better understand how you interact with the Service and to monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on the Service. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all aspects of the Service.

  1. We do not uses Personal Information

Personal Information.

In the course of using the Service, we do not use personal data.

Analytics.

We also collect some information (ourselves or using third party services) using logging and cookies, such as IP address. We use this information for the above purposes and to monitor and analyze use of the Service, for the Service’s technical administration, to increase our Service’s functionality and user-friendliness, and to verify users have the authorization needed for the Service to process their requests. As of the date this policy went into effect, we use Google Analytics. To learn more about the privacy policy of Google Analytics, click here, and to learn how to opt out of that service click here.

  1. Information Sharing and Disclosure

Your Use.

We will display your Personal Information in your email to the NPWS. This is not visible to anyone else unless you choose to ass an additional email to receive the report.  Any information you choose to provide should reflect how much you want others to know about you. Please consider carefully what information you disclose and your desired level of anonymity. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may also share or disclose statistical information with your consent, for example if you use a third party application to access your account (see below). Through certain features of the Service, you may also have the ability to make some statistical information public. Public information may be broadly and quickly disseminated. Service Providers, Business Partners and Others. We may use certain trusted third party companies and individuals to help us provide, analyze, and improve the Service (including but not limited to data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics, payment processing, and improvement of the Service’s features). These third parties may have access to your information only for purposes of performing these tasks on our behalf and under obligations similar to those in this Privacy Policy. As of the date this policy went into effect, we use Windows Azure to store and process some of your information. You can find more information on Windows Azure security from the Azure site – http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/trust-center/security/. Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement Requests; Protection of join PAW Ireland’s Rights. We may disclose to parties outside PAW Ireland content shared through PAW Ireland and information about you that we collect when we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with a law, regulation or compulsory legal request; (b) protect the safety of any person from death or serious bodily injury; (c) prevent fraud or abuse of PAW Ireland or its users; or (d) to protect join PAW Ireland’s property rights.

Business Transfers.

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, but we will notify you (for example, via email and/or a prominent notice on our website) of any change in control or use of your Statistical  Information, files or messages, or if any become subject to a different Privacy Policy. We will also notify you of choices you may have regarding the information. Non-private or Non-Personal Information. We may disclose your non-private, aggregated, or otherwise non-personal information, such as usage statistics of our Service.

  1. Changing or Deleting Your Information

If you are a registered user, you may review, update, correct or delete the Personal Information provided in your registration or account profile by contacting us directly. If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may update or delete it – please contact us for assistance with this. In some cases we may retain copies of your information if required by law. For questions about your Personal Information on our Service, please contact join PAW Ireland.

  1. Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services, please contact us. We may retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Consistent with these requirements, we will try to delete your information quickly upon request. Please note, however, that there might be latency in deleting information from our servers and backed-up versions might exist after deletion.

  1. PAW Ireland Community

Our Service offers publicly accessible community services such as our blog. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. Your posts may remain even after you cancel your account. For questions about your Personal Information on our Service, please contact join PAW Ireland

Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of join PAW Ireland If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any Web site you visit.

  1. Security

The security of your information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our order forms, the transmission of that information is encrypted.

We follow generally accepted standards to protect the information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our website contact us at join PAW Ireland

  1. Our Policy Toward Children

Our Services are not directed to persons under 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at http://www.wildlife-incidents.com/contacts/ If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will take steps to delete such information.

  1. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at wildlifecrime.ie or at PAW Ireland.

  1. Changes to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may change occasionally. If we make a change to this privacy policy that we believe materially reduces your rights, we will provide you with notice (for example, by email). And we may provide notice of changes in other circumstances as well. By continuing to use the Service after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.