PVA General Statement

PVA fully respects an individual’s right to privacy and actively seeks to preserve the privacy rights of those who share information with the PVA. Any personal information which is volunteered to the PVA will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988 and Data Protection (Amendment) Act, 2003. This statement is not deemed to be a contractual undertaking.

Website Privacy

This Privacy Statement explains the privacy guidelines that the PVA has adopted for this website. This policy relates to pva.ul.ie domain only.

Processing of personal information on website

Information provided is used by the PVA only in accordance with the purpose for which it has been provided and will only be retained for as long as required for the purpose. PVA will not share any personal information about its web visitors on this website without permission save in cases where the PVA is required by law to do so, such as the investigation of a criminal offence by the Gardai, or a breach of the University’s web-related policies, procedures or guidelines.

Processing of technical information on website

Technical details in connection with visits to this website may be logged on this website's server for accounting and auditing purposes (e.g. Computer IP number). It is the policy of the PVA not to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law. The technical information will be used only for statistical purposes.

It should be noted that technical details, which the PVA cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1988 and Data Protection (Amendment) Act, 2003.

Review

The PVA has adopted this Privacy Statement for this website. The PVA reserves the right to review and amend this statement at any time without notice in light of legislative or other requirements and the statement should be accessed regularly for the most up to date Privacy Statement.