Introduction

We fully accept our responsibility to safeguard your privacy, confidentiality and security. We value your trust very highly, and pledge to you that we will work to protect the security and privacy of any personal information you provide to us.

News Interdependence may share your information with third parties such as payment processors in order to provide and improve our online services. However, we will never sell or rent your personal information to anyone. This includes your name, email address, and any other personal information.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you prior to the changes taking effect by posting a notice on our websites and, where appropriate, sending you a notification.

To place an advertisement: We may process your personal information if you opt to place an advertisement. We only process this information to deliver the advertising service you have requested as per the terms and conditions you accept.

To deliver our content to you

• To provide you with an email newsletter: We offer a number of email newsletters to non-subscribers. We will only send you these newsletters with your explicit consent. We collect and use your information to send you the newsletter(s) you have requested and in some cases to personalize the email we send. You can opt-out at any time by unsubscribing at the bottom of each email newsletter communication
• To provide an alert service: The Irish Times offers a number of email alert services. With your consent, we will process your personal details for the purpose of sending you the alert service you have requested. If you prefer not to receive these alerts, you can opt out at any time by unsubscribing at the bottom of each email communication or logging into the relevant alert service and 

Consequences of not providing information

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time

Cookie Policy

We are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy.

Our Cookie Policy sets out how we use and protect any information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, when you use our website.

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites or sometimes by emails. They provide useful information to organizations and help in a number of ways.

Our Cookies are used to:

-remember settings and preferences so we can tailor content to your specific needs

-measure how people use our website so we can improve the content, structure and layout

-help determine the effectiveness of online advertising and the targeting of those advertisements

Our Cookies are not used to identify you personally. They are used to improve the effectiveness of our online work, meaning the site visit runs more efficiently and that you can save time by not having to re-enter your details each time you visit. The Cookies also make sure you receive the most relevant information from our site.

Cookies help us to analyze how our individuals interact with our sites, allowing us to make improvements.

You can accept or block Cookies

You can block any Cookies from our website by modifying your browser settings.

Furthermore, please be aware if you share this computer with other users, accepting or rejecting the use of Cookies will affect all other users of that computer.

What Cookies do  we use?

We use Cookies to improve your experience with our website. Some are essential to the website’s operation, some are not. More information can be found below.

Essential Cookies

Our website uses a number of essential Cookies. These cookies are necessary for the website to function. They cannot be switched off in our systems. You are able to set your browser to block these Cookies, but this will result in aspects of our site not working correctly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure the site is meeting user needs and to understand how to improve the service.

Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not automatically collect or store your personal information. Personal information includes data such as your name, address or IP address (except collection temporarily during a session for verification and anti-fraud purposes).

Third Party Services and Social Media

For the operation of our website, we rely on a number of Third Party Services. These allow us to embed content on our website and allow for social sharing. These services may set Cookies when in use on our website.

We own several active social media accounts, including Facebook and Twitter. We embed widgets from these accounts to provide follow buttons, like boxes and stream embeds. 

We use ads on Facebook, YouTube and Google to promote policies and to help signpost pages of interest to users. These services will set Cookies on your browser.

What Information Do We Collect?

We do not collect any unique information about you (such as your name, email address, etc.) except when you knowingly choose to provide such information as in the case of the Join or support News Interdependence.

Otherwise, we only collect such anonymous information such as time, browser type, operating system, and IP address. That information is used to provide more effective service to our online visitors.

Donate to News Interdependence

When you donate to us, we record certain identifying data about you to register the fact of your donation, to process your donation, and to ensure we can comply with our obligations under Standards in Public Office Act in relation to disclosure of donations in excess of €1500 from any individual in any calendar year.

Questions and Complaints

If you have any queries or complaints in connection with our processing of your personal data, you can get in touch with us using the following contact details:

E-Mail: info@newsindependence.ie

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission if you are unhappy with our processing of your personal data. Details of how to lodge a complaint can be found on the dataprotection website, or you can call the Data Protection Commission on 1890 252 231