Privacy Policy
Read about are privacy policy.
Introduction
Welcome to Howl.ie ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is protected. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, including when you;
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Visit our website at https://www.howl.ie/ or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice.
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Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events.
1. Questions or concerns
Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decision about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not avail of our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@howl.ie
2. Information we collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you look to obtain information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us. We may collect and process the following personal data:
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Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, job title, contact preferences, and postal address.
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Usage Data: Details about your interactions with our website, including IP address, browser type, and pages visited.
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Marketing Preferences: Information about your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us.
Sensitive information: We do not process sensitive information.
3. How we use your information
We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communication with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. We use your personal data for the following purposes:
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Service Delivery: To provide and manage our services, including responding to inquiries and processing transactions.
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Improvement: To analyse usage and improve our website and services.
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Marketing: To send you updates, newsletters, and promotional materials, provided you have consented to receive such communications.
4. Legal bases for processing
Our processing of your personal data is based on the following legal grounds:
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Consent: Where you have provided explicit consent for specific purposes.
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Contractual Necessity: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
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Legal Obligation: Where processing is required to comply with legal obligations.
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Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these are not overridden by your rights.
5. Data sharing & Disclosure
We do not share your personal data with third parties except in the following circumstances:
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Service Providers: Trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website and services, subject to confidentiality agreements.
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Legal Requirements: Where disclosure is necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.
6. Data retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
7. 1 Your rights
Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights. Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
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Access: Request access to your personal data.
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Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
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Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
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Restriction: Request restriction of processing.
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Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
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Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another party.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@howl.ie
7.2 How do you exercise your rights?
The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting a data subject access request, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
8. Data security
We have adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
9. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance user experience. For detailed information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
11. Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: info@howl.ie