Who We Are

Our website address is: https://atuiss.com. We are the International Student Society at ATU Galway, committed to protecting your privacy and processing your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images.

Cookies

We use cookies to store information such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums. You may opt-out by setting your browser to reject cookies.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Such content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the source website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

How We Use Your Data

We use your data to manage the site, prevent spam, and enhance user experience. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain comment data indefinitely for follow-up comment recognition, and user profile data for the duration of the active account.

Your Rights Over Your Data

You have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data. If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data. Please submit any requests for access to your personal data in writing.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Your data may be processed by our spam detection service. It may also be stored in data centers located within the European Union.

Children’s Privacy

Our website does not address anyone under the age of 16 (“Children”).

Legal Basis For Processing

We process personal data on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to perform a contract; and (3) as necessary for our legitimate interests in providing a responsive website where we display content and products and provide services relevant to your interests.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e‑mail at iss@atuiss.com