This Privacy Policy describes how the Nationalist Council of Eire ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use the Éire Arís platform (the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Irish data protection laws.
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is the Nationalist Council of Eire. You can contact us at contact@eirearis.org.
2. Information We Collect
We collect and process the following Personal Data:
- Identity Data: Your full name.
- Contact Data: Your email address and mobile telephone number.
- Technical Data: We use cookies to manage your session and authentication status. Please see our Cookie Policy section below for more details.
Your vote itself is recorded anonymously and is not linked to your personal identification information after verification is complete.
3. Lawful Basis for Processing
We process your Personal Data based on the following lawful bases:
- Consent: We rely on your explicit consent, which you provide by agreeing to our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy during the registration process. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
- Legitimate Interests: To ensure the integrity and security of our non-governmental vote, preventing fraudulent or duplicate votes.
4. How We Use Your Information
Your Personal Data is used for the following specific purposes:
- To register you as a user on our platform.
- To verify your identity using an SMS code to ensure each vote is unique.
- To communicate with you regarding your vote or essential service updates.
- To aggregate anonymised data for statistical reporting at national and county levels.
We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties.
5. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures to prevent your Personal Data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. Access to your Personal Data is limited to individuals who have a legitimate need to know.
6. Data Retention
We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Personal identifiers will be anonymised or securely deleted from our systems after the conclusion of the voting initiative and its related analysis.
7. Your Legal Rights under GDPR
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Right of access: You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Right to rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate.
- Right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to restriction of processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
- Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@eirearis.org. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights.
8. Cookie Policy
Our website uses essential cookies to provide core functionality, such as user authentication and session management. By using our Service, you consent to the use of these necessary cookies. We do not use cookies for tracking or advertising purposes. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner and your browser settings.