Privacy Policy
At Birr Festival of Music, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
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We may change this policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this policy. Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to birrfestivalofmusic@gmail.com or by calling us on 087 283 6675​.
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How do we collect information from you?
We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example if you register to receive information from us, make a submission or purchase a ticket.
What type of information is collected from you?
The personal information we collect may include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what webpages you accessed and when.
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How is your information used?
We may use your information to:
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send you communications
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process a submission received from you
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process buying one of our products i.e tickets to events
We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity.
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Who has access to your information?
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.
We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may pass your information to our third party service providers for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf i.e ticketing system provider to process your purchase.
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Your choices and how you can access update and delete your information
You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us and you have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you.
If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information.
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We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email on birrfestivalofmusic@gmail.com or by telephone on 087 283 6675​.
The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us by email on birrfestivalofmusic@gmail.com or by telephone on 087 283 6675.
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Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information
When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely.
Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
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Use of ‘cookies’
Like many other websites, Birr Festival of Music uses cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual.
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org
Links to other website
Our website may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to our website so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them by using links from our website.
In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.
Review of this Policy
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in December 2021.
We keep your personal information private and safe — we do not sell, rent or share your information.
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Should you wish to retrieve or delete the personal data that we store on our website database please email us birrfestivalofmusic@gmail.com or call 087 283 6675​.