TeachingPlans.ie Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy

TeachingPlans.ie. data protection privacy policy applies to all customers and users of teachingplans.ie. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://teachingplans.ie/ (the “Site”), as per EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Topics:

  • What data do we collect?
  • How do we collect your data?
  • How will we use your data?
  • How do we store your data?
  • Marketing
  • What are your data protection rights?
  • What are cookies?
  • How do we use cookies?
  • What types of cookies do we use?
  • How to manage your cookies
  • Privacy policies of other websites
  • Changes to our privacy policy
  • How to contact us
  • How to contact the appropriate authorities

What data do we collect?

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

    – “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

    – “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps, review information.

    – “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, PayPal login details (not password)), email address, and phone number.  We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

TeachingPlans.ie. uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Keeping you signed in
  • Understanding how you use our website
  • Some examples are explained below.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

  • Functionality – TeachingPlans.ie. uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
  • Advertising – TeachingPlans.ie. uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. TeachingPlans.ie. sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

The TeachingPlans.ie. website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide TeachingPlans.ie. with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.
  • Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

How will we use your data?

TeachingPlans.ie. collects your data so that we can:

  • Process your order and manage your account.
  • Email you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.

If you agree, TeachingPlans.ie. will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.

  • [No partners companies at the moment]

If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop TeachingPlans.ie. from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other members of the TeachingPlans.ie. Group.

When TeachingPlans.ie. processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

How do we store your data?

TeachingPlans.ie. securely stores your data using WordPress facilities.

TeachingPlans.ie. will keep your data until you decide for it to be deleted.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.   

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.  For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

 COMMON LINKS INCLUDE:

    FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/ds/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen

    GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

    BING – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at:  http://optout.aboutads.info/.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email us at info@teachingplans.ie.

What are your data protection rights?

TeachingPlans.ie. would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request TeachingPlans.ie. for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that TeachingPlans.ie. correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request TeachingPlans.ie. to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that TeachingPlans.ie. erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that TeachingPlans.ie. restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to TeachingPlans.ie.’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that TeachingPlans.ie. transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email.

Minors

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about TeachingPlans.ie.’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: info@teachingplans.ie

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that TeachingPlans.ie. has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Officer.

Changes to our privacy policy

TeachingPlans.ie. keeps its privacy policy under regular review in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. This privacy policy was last updated on 9 January 2019.