Babywearing Ireland Data Protection Notice

Purpose of the policy

Babywearing Ireland (BWI) ("we", "us" or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)). This Data Protection Notice tells you about your privacy rights and sets out how we, as a Controller, collect, use, process and disclose your personal data relating to your interactions with us. It sets out our position in respect of the principle that data not be retained for longer than reasonably necessary as outlined under Article 5 of the GDPR:

  • Art 5(c) Data Minimisation: personal data shall be ‘adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed'.

  • Art 5(e) Storage Limitation: personal data shall be ‘kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed’.

Information we may collect from you

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). We may collect and process any type of personal data you provide to us in the course of your interactions with us. You may have provided some of your personal data directly to us such as when you visited our website by volunteering personal data when subscribing to email alerts or by using our online feedback or other forms. We may also receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources such as Google searches, Facebook or Instagram or LinkedIn. Categories of such personal data include names, addresses, contact information and other information that is relevant to the provision of our services.

If you do not provide us with your personal data we may not be able to provide you with our services or respond to any questions or requests you submit to us via our website. We will tell you when we ask for personal data which is a contractual requirement or is needed to perform our functions or to comply with our legal obligations. 

How we use personal data we collect

We will only use your personal data for the purposes and legal bases set out in the table below.

Purpose(s) for processing Legal Basis for Processing
  • To register you as a new website user
  • To notify you about changes to our Data Protection Notice
 The processing is necessary to perform a contract or enter into a contract with you
To manage our relationship with you which may include:
  • To contact you in relation to on-line/offline requests for sling meets, training or if you have purchased a product from us
  • To facilitate providing training programs and online training resources
 The processing is necessary to perform a contract or enter into a contract with you
  • To comply with legal requirements (e.g. disclosing tax data to the Revenue Commissioners) and professional requirements
  • To prevent and detect fraud, money laundering or other offences; and
  • To exercise our right to defend, respond or conduct legal proceedings
 The processing is necessary for us to comply with legal and regulatory obligations
  • To carry out direct marketing
  • To provide you with information about events hosted/co-sponsored by us
  • To send you email alerts and newsletters that you have opted-in to receive
 Where you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing - which you may withdraw at any time Where your consent is not required and you have not objected, the use of the data is necessary for our legitimate interest in managing our business including legal, personnel, administrative and management purposes provided our interests are not overridden by your interests
To customise your experience on our website, or to serve you specific content that is relevant to you The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to define types of client companies for our services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights

Keeping your personal data secure

BWI operates and uses appropriate technical and physical security measures to protect your personal data.

We have in particular taken appropriate security measures to protect any personal data held by BWI from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration, and from unauthorised disclosure or access. Access to your personal data is only granted on a need-to-know basis to those people within BWI whose roles require them to process your personal data and, in certain circumstances, to third parties.

Payment processing

Payments are processed through secure third party payment processors. We do not store or have access to your full payment details.

Links to other sites

Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any of those websites, please note that those websites have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for those policies. Please check those policies before you submit any personal data to those websites.your information

Individuals have the right to:

  • Request access to their data

  • Ask for corrections or updates

  • Request deletion of their data where applicable

  • Withdraw consent for processing

You can make a request for your personal data by contacting our Data Protection Officer via email to [name and contact email of Babywearing Ireland’s Data Protection Officer] or alternatively by writing to: Data Protection Officer, registered address of Babywearing Ireland.

If you would like to request that we amend the accuracy or completeness of your personal data, restrict the processing of your personal data or seek erasure of your data please contact our Data Protection Officer.

Complain to the Data Protection Commission:

We hope you are satisfied with our use of your data. However, you have a right to complain to the Data Protection Commission at Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois by telephone at 1890 25 2231 and/or by email to info@dataprotection.ie.