Privacy Statement

General Statement:

Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) fully respects a www.jai.ie user’s right to privacy. When accessing jai.ie a user can be assured of the highest possible standards of security and confidentiality. Any personal information a user offers while accessing jai.ie will only be processed in accordance with this Privacy Statement; the JAI Data Protection Policy; the 1988 and 2003 Data Protection Acts; and the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation. The following outlines the information-gathering practices utilised by jai.ie

Personal Information:

When browsing jai.ie no personal information is revealed to JAI. Any personal information requested from users while accessing jai.ie will only be used for the purpose for which it has been provided for. It should be noted that accessing jai.ie does, however, make some statistical information relating to user usage available to JAI.

Statistical Information:

When accessing jai.ie, information relating to web usage is revealed to JAI. This is information of a non-personal / statistical nature viz.:

1. The logical address of the server (.ie, .com, etc.) a user has used;
2. The date and time jai.ie is accessed;
3. The pages accessed and the documents downloaded.

The above statistical information allows JAI to ascertain how many users are visiting jai.ie and which sections/ information are most and/or least used. These data are used to consider possible improvements relating to the design, layout, and information specifications of jai.ie.

Cookies:

jai.ie uses “cookie” technology. A cookie is a data or text file stored by the browser on a user’s computer after visiting a website. Cookies do not identify an individual user, just the computer being used.

Disabling Cookies:

A user can customise settings on their computer so that cookies will be declined or a browser will be asked to indicate when a cookie is being sent. A user can also delete cookie files from their computer at any time. The links below provide information on how to manage cookies:

• allaboutcookies.org
• How to delete cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9 or 10
• How to delete cookies in Mozilla Firefox
• How to delete cookies in Google Chrome

It should be noted that turning off cookies or changing settings, may disable some features/ functions on jai.ie.

Links to external sites:

Articles on jai.ie may occasionally include some useful links to other third party sites. It should be noted that once a user clicks out of jai.ie onto another site, a user will be no longer be subject to JAI’s privacy policy.

Notification of changes to this statement

JAI reserves the right to amend this statement at any future date and will post any substantive changes at this location on jai.ie.

Irish Data Protection Commissioner:

Information on data privacy rights is available at the Data Protection Commissioner’s website: dataprivacy.ie

Contact details:

JAI can be contacted at the address below for queries relating to this Privacy Statement:

 – Junior Achievement Ireland, Homestead, Sandyford Road, Dublin 16 or [email protected]