This Policy was last updated on 1 Oct, 2018

At Kathleen Halligan Consulting we are committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need additional information about you in order to provide the information or services you are requesting and this Privacy Statement explains data collection and use in those situations. Please read the complete Privacy Policy.

This applies to all information collected or submitted on the halliganconsulting.com website. We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you ('personal information' or 'data' as used herein) or allows us to contact you.

Personal information collected by halliganconsulting.com is often limited to e-mail address, and contact details to enable us to respond to your query. We may collect information in any of the ways, outlined below:

1. On some pages you can register to receive information on an automated basis. The type of information you can register to receive in this manner include:

· Press Releases

· News and presentations

· Blogs

The personal information collected when you register to receive information on an automated basis is your name, e-mail address, organisation and occupation. You will have the option of cancelling your registration and removing your e-mail from the database on each occasion that you receive an automated e-mail alert, by clicking on an unsubscribe link on each e-mail alert message.

2. On some pages you can register to receive customized information. This information is generally collected on 'Contact Us' forms where you may choose to be contacted by Kathleen Halligan Consulting. The personal information collected in these cases include your name, title, company, address, contact details and e-mail address.

3. https://halliganconsulting.com/ also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include; your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain and monitor quality of the service and to provide general statistics regarding use of halliganconsulting.com. See our Cookies Policy for further information.

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

· To ensure https://halliganconsulting.com/ is relevant to your needs.

· To deliver services and information about Kathleen Halligan Consulting that you request.

· To assist Kathleen Halligan Consulting in creating and publishing content most relevant to you.

· To alert you to updated information about Kathleen Halligan Consulting if you so request.

In some cases our use of your information is based on your consent, for example where you sign up for alerts from us in which case you can withdraw your consent at any time by following the unsubscribe link on Kathleen Halligan Consulting emails. In other cases we process your personal information because it is necessary to deliver a service you have requested.

Otherwise, Kathleen Halligan Consulting processes your personal information on the basis of its legitimate interests in using your data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Examples of our legitimate interests include the following:

· To correct technical errors and to technically process your personal information;

· To protect the security and integrity of https://halliganconsulting.com/;

· To protect any Kathleen Halligan Consulting property or rights or obligations and/or the property, rights or obligations of third parties where Kathleen Halligan Consulting may have an obligation or liability in respect of these; and

· To take precautions against potential liability on the part of Kathleen Halligan Consulting

To ensure that we are appropriately balancing Kathleen Halligan Consulting’s legitimate interests against your rights and interests, you are entitled to object to such processing at any time as described under “Your Personal Data Rights” below.

Kathleen Halligan Consulting may also process and disclose your personal information to the extent required by law, applicable regulation or judicial process.

Kathleen Halligan Consulting respects the privacy rights and interests of its web site visitors and the following principles will be applied by Kathleen Halligan Consulting when dealing with personal information:

Kathleen Halligan Consulting will process your data lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner and for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes. This means that your data will be collected and processed for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with any other purposes which are notified to you at the time you provide your information to Kathleen Halligan Consulting

Data will be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was provided.

Data will be as accurate as possible and, where necessary, kept up to date. You are encouraged to ensure your personal information is kept up to date and amend any such data, which is inaccurate or out of date (e.g. name and address) by contacting us in the event of a change.

Data will not be kept in a personally identifiable format for longer than is appropriate or necessary for the purposes for which it is being processed. We store the information you provide in a secure electronic database in order to provide you with the information and/or services you request. Depending on the nature of the information, it is usually stored for a number of years in accordance with our data retention policies unless you request that it be removed.

Appropriate technical and organisational measures will be taken to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing and to protect against accidental loss, destruction or damage. This site and the electronic database have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction of the information under our control.

Data will be collected, used and retained in accordance with the legal rights of the data subjects (see below under Your Personal Data Rights).

Generally the information you provide to us on our website is received directly by Kathleen Halligan Consulting. Subject to local legal requirements, Kathleen Halligan Consulting may also use external services to collect, process and/or validate personal information. Kathleen Halligan Consulting requires that any such external service will ensure adequate protection for personal information and complies with local legal requirements.

It is our policy not to share any of your data with any third party unless absolutely necessary. The only reason we may share any of your data with a third party is in order to complete the delivery of materials or if you instruct us to arrange a delivery of a product or service directly to you. To facilitate the delivery of our products to you will involve the sharing of the required data (name, address, contact no) with a third party such as our central mailing distribution centre, courier or supplier.

Data is also passed to the company responsible for overseeing and maintaining the monthly and yearly accounts for Kathleen Halligan Consulting. While this is strictly for accounting purposes only, personal data may be reflected or appear on various monthly reports necessary for completion of company accounts.

In the case of a legal issue we may be forced to share data with the relevant authority. In a case like this the request will be assessed, from a legal point of view, and addressed based on the legal advice received. 

We do retain the right to transfer your data to a new party in the event of a sale or merger of the company, but the policy laid down here will be transferred with it to maintain the integrity of the processing of your data.

While we retain your personal data you possess the following rights:

· Right of access - right to request a copy of the information that we hold. All reasonable requests for personal data will be addressed immediately on receipt of request in writing

· Right of rectification - right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.

· Right to be forgotten - in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.

· Right to restriction of processing - where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.

· Right of portability - you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.

· Right to object - you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.

· Right to object to automated processing, including profiling - you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.

· Right to judicial review - in the event that we refuse your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why.

We will store your data for as long as we have a business relationship with you and data will not be held for longer than is necessary. We can retain data pertaining to financial records such as invoices / receipts for a period of up to 6 years.

In the event that you wish to make a complaint as to how we process your data you can send a complaint directly with the Data Protection Commissioner (https://www.dataprotection.ie) and / or our data protection officer listed above.

We may update this statement periodically. Please check this page regularly to check for updates. By continuing to use the website you agree to these changes.