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Who We Are

Donegal Investment Group plc gather and process your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations and laws. This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and obligations, and explains how, why and when we collect and process your personal data.

 

Donegal Investment Group’s registered office is at Ballyraine, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Ireland. Our designated Data Protection Officer/Compliance Officer for the organisation may be contacted at Donegal Investment Group plc, Ballyraine, Letterkenny, Co Donegal

- Email dataprotection@donegaligroup.com.

 

 

Information That We Collect

Donegal Investment Group plc processes your personal information 

  • To meet our legal, statutory and contractual obligations 
  • provide you with our products and services
  • purchase your service and product.

 

We will never collect any unnecessary personal data from you and do not process your information in any way, other than already specified in this notice.

 

The personal data that we collect from is: -

  • Name
  • Job Title
  • Home Address
  • Email
  • Telephone Number

 

We collect information in the below ways: -

  • Phone
  • Email
  • Written
  • Text

 

How We Use Your Personal Data (Legal Basis for Processing)

Donegal Investment Group plc takes your privacy very seriously and will never disclose, share or sell your data without your consent, unless required to do so by law. We only retain your data for as long as is necessary and for the purposes specified in this notice. Where you have consented to us, you are free to withdraw consent at any time. 

 

The purposes and reasons for processing your personal data are detailed below: -

 

 

  • We collect and store your personal data in the performance of a contract to provide a product or to provide a service
  • We collect and store your personal data in the performance of a contract to avail of a service or product
  • We collect and store your personal data as part of our legal obligation for business accounting and tax purposes

 

 

Your Rights

You have the right to access any personal information that Donegal Investment Group plc processes about you and to request information about: -

  • What personal data we hold about you
  • The purposes of the processing
  • The categories of personal data concerned
  • The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
  • How long we intend to store your personal data for
  • If we did not collect the data directly from you, information about the source

 

If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information and we will strive to update/correct it as quickly as possible; unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.

 

You also have the right to request erasure of your personal data or to restrict processing in accordance with data protection laws, as well as to object to any direct marketing from us and to be informed about any automated decision-making that we use.

 

If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the relevant request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.

 

Sharing and Disclosing Your Personal Information

We do not share or disclose any of your personal information without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this notice or where there is a legal requirement. Donegal Investment Group plc uses [a third-party/third-parties] to provide the below services and business functions, however all processors acting on our behalf only process your data in accordance with instructions from us and comply fully with this privacy notice, the data protection laws and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. We share your personal data with the following categories:

 

 

Accountancy/Auditors/Revenue

For tax purposes, we share your personal data with our auditors/Revenue. This includes sharing invoices with your details for the purpose of completing our end of year accounts. Our auditors are located in Ireland

 

 

Insurance

For insurance and legal purposes, we can share your personal data with our insurance companies when required to do so. This includes supplying personal data under the requirements of our contract with the insurance company or in relation to a claim that we make or receive. Our insurance company is located in Ireland

 

Legal/Debt Collector Agencies

For Legal purposes, we can share your personal data with our Solicitors when required to do so.

 

Hauliers/Couriers

For Delivery purposes, we can share your personal data with our Hauliers when required to do so.

 

Safeguarding Measures

Donegal Investment Group plc takes your privacy seriously and we take every reasonable measure and precaution to protect and secure your personal data. We work hard to protect you and your information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction and have several layers of security measures in place, including: -

 

  • SSL email transfer,
  • Encryption of phones and Laptops,
  • Backup and Disaster Recovery,
  • Security Training of staff,
  • PC/ Folder restriction,
  • Authentication,
  • Firewalls and VPN’s,
  • Secure Shredding.

 

 

Consequences of Not Providing Your Data

You are not obligated to provide your personal information to Donegal Investment Group plc, however, as this information is required in the performance of a contract with customers and vendors, we may not be able to trade without it.

 

How Long We Keep Your Data

Donegal Investment Group plc retains your personal data for as long as necessary to provide you with our services as our client. Donegal Investment Group PLC are required under tax laws to keep your personal data for 6 years, Accounting records for a period of 6 years after the end of the financial year and insurance records for 6 years.

 

Lodging A Complaint

Donegal Investment Group plc only processes your personal information in compliance with this privacy notice and in accordance with the relevant data protection laws. If, however you wish to raise a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

 

 

 

 

You may contact us at

 

Donegal Investment Group plc, Data Protection Officer, Ballyraine, Letterkenny, Co Donegal

0749121766

dataprotection@donegaligroup.com

 

You may contact the Irish Data Protection Commission at

 

Data Protection Commissioner, Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois, Ireland R32 AP23 

+353 (0) 57 8684800

info@dataprotection.ie

 

 

Changes to our privacy notice

Donegal Investment Group plc may change this notice from time to time. All changes will be posted and updated here. We will notify you directly by email (if we hold one for you) if any significant changes occur. We advise you to check back here frequently to review the most current version of this notice.

 

 

This Statement was last updated on 23/05/2018

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