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Privacy Information


This privacy statement was last updated: August 2007.

This page sets out the National Transport Authority’s [NTA] policy with regard to the privacy of the users of the Smarter Travel Workplaces website. By visiting this website, you are agreeing to the terms of this privacy statement. If you are not happy with the terms of this privacy statement and do not wish your information to be recorded, you may wish to leave this site.


NTA respects the rights of its users and, except for the following list, does not collect personal information through the Smarter Travel Workplaces website:


  • Statistical information gathered automatically when you visit the website
  • Information provided voluntarily during the request of a Free Pedometer
  • Information provided voluntarily during the submission of a “My Small Step” story.

For general web browsing, certain information is recorded in the website log files, which may include:


  • The top level domain name from which you access the internet
  • The IP address of the computer from which you access the website
  • The date and time each computer accesses the website
  • The pages accessed and the documents downloaded by each computer
  • The type and version of the browsers being used to access the website
  • The addresses of any third party webpages which refer visitors to our website
  • Keywords used in search engines and directories to find our website
  • Keywords and phrases used to search our website.

This information is used for statistical purposes only – including


  • to find out how many people are visiting our sites
  • to identify what pages are accessed most frequently
  • to help us improve the information we are supplying to our users
  • to make our site more user friendly.

This information is made available to an agent of NTA who provides an analysis and reporting service to NTA. This agent of NTA has provided written confirmation to NTA that they will comply with the relevant data protection obligations by keeping information secure and not using it for any purpose other than which it was provided. An archive of these website log files and associated analysis and reports are retained indefinitely in NTA as a way of measuring patterns of website traffic over the years and in order to facilitate future planning.



Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.



E-newsletter

If you subscribe to the e- newsletter, your email address is automatically added to the subscriber database. We will only use your email address for sending you communications for which you have specifically subscribed or requested. On occasion NTA may also contact subscribers to advise of further developments in relation to the Smarter Travel Workplaces Programme.



Storage of subscriber lists and personal information
Subscriber lists and any personal information submitted are kept on a server belonging to and administered by NTA or an agent of NTA who provides website hosting services and/or the email alert software. This agent of NTA is registered with the Data Protection Commission and has provided written confirmation to NTA that they will comply with the relevant data protection obligations by keeping information secure and not using it for any purpose other than for which it was provided.


For backup purposes, copies of personal information and subscriber lists are stored on secure servers to which agents of NTA have remote access for the purposes of providing website development, maintenance or hosting services.



Disclosure of personal information
The names and counties of subscribers to the “My Small Step” competition may be published on the website, should the stories be approved.



Security of your personal information
Due to the nature of the internet we cannot guarantee the security of any information whilst it is being transmitted to us via the internet. However, we take our security responsibilities very seriously and take all reasonable steps (both technical and organisational) to protect your personal details once they have been received by NTA. Staff who have access to personal information gathered from the websites are made aware of Data Protection responsibilities. Names of the NTA staff members who have access to this information are available on request.



Your right of access to personal information
You may inform us of any changes in your personal data and in accordance with our obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003 we will update or delete your personal data accordingly.


To find out what personal data we hold on you or to have your personal data updated, amended or removed from our files please contact us using the details below.


Privacy statements on third party websites
Where the NTA website provides links to third party websites, these links are provided for information purposes only and NTA is not responsible for the content, copyright or privacy policies of these websites.



Contacts
Should you have any concerns about your privacy or any of the issues covered in this statement, please contact Sara Morris at:


Smarter Travel Workplaces
National Transport Authority
Dún Scéine
Iveagh Court
Harcourt Lane
Adelaide Road
Dublin 2

Telephone: 01 879 8300
Fax: 01 879 8333