DIYMASKS.IE (“DIY MASKS”) operates DIYMASKS.IE.
It is DIY MASKS policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.
Website Visitors:
Like most website operators, DIY MASKS collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.
DIY MASKS purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how DIY MASKS visitors use its website. From time to time, DIY MASKS may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
DIY MASKS also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on DIYMASKS.IE sites.
DIY MASKS only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information Certain visitors to DIY MASKS websites choose to interact with DIY MASKS in ways that require DIY MASKS to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that DIY MASKS gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at DIYMASKS.IE to provide a username and email address. In each case, DIY MASKS collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with DIY MASKS. DIY MASKS does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics:
DIY MASKS may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. DIY MASKS may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, DIY MASKS does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information:
DIY MASKS discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on DIY MASKS behalf or to provide services available at DIY MASKS websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using DIY MASKS websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. DIY MASKS will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, DIY MASKS discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when DIY MASKS believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of DIY MASKS, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an DIY MASKS website and have supplied your email address, DIY MASKS may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on withDIY MASKS and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. DIY MASKS takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies:
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. DIY MASKS uses cookies to help DIY MASKS identify and track visitors, their usage of DIY MASKS website, and their website access preferences. DIY MASKS visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using DIY MASKS websites, with the drawback that certain features of DIY MASKS websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers:
If DIY MASKS, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that DIY MASKS goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of DIY MASKS may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes:
Although most changes are likely to be minor, DIY MASKS may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in DIY MASKS sole discretion. DIY MASKS encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a DIY MASKS account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Our website address is: https://diymasks.ie.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
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.
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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Additional information
How we protect your data
What data breach procedures we have in place
What third parties we receive data from
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements