Privacy Policy
Last updated March 2026
This Privacy and Cookies Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) refers to the website, www.krsac.com (the “Website”). The Website is operated by Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (“we”).
This Privacy Policy sets out our privacy practices in connection to the website and the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. While we may link to external websites, we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices on those sites.
Please read the following carefully. Entering into this Website indicates that the user (either “user” or “you”) has reviewed this Privacy Policy and has agreed to be bound by it as well as our Terms of Use.
Privacy Policy of Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre
Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (KRSAC) operates the https://www.krsac.com website, which provides information on services and support in the Kerry area.
This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre website.
If you choose to use our service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving our service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy or with your consent.
What Information Do We Collect?
We fully respect your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal data about you on this website without your permission.
When you provide information to us through forms on this website, we store and process that data as follows:
Contact Form: Enquiries made through our ‘contact form’ are passed on by email to KRSAC staff. A copy of each enquiry is stored on the web server for 60 days and then deleted automatically.
Information Collection and Use
If you contact us through our website or our helpline, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you to provide you with a service. If you contact us on our helpline, you can choose to not give any identifying information and remain anonymous.
Log Data & Automatic Information
We want to inform you that whenever you visit our site, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics. For general web browsing no personal information is revealed to us, although certain statistical information is available to us from our website logs.
For example, like many websites, we obtain certain types of information when your web browser (browser are pieces of software that allow you to access the internet; examples include; Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Safari, etc.) accesses krsac.com. See below for examples:
Examples of information collected:
- Internet Protocol- (IP)address used to connect your computer to the internet (for example 192.168.88.21)
- Login – if using our account services
- Email address– if you email any of our public email addresses
- Computer and connection information- such as browser type and version, operating system, platform, referring url and pages visited.
KRSAC will not attempt to identify individual visitors or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual, except in cases where criminal activity has taken place (i.e. in response to a “hacking” incident). It is the policy of KRSAC never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to a third party (except for law-enforcement bodies and then only in response to illegal activity such as “hacking”; also, our Internet Service Provider which records such data on our behalf and which is bound by confidentiality provisions in this regard), unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law.
The technical information will be used only by KRSAC, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes.
You should note that technical details, which we cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute “personal data” for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003.
Cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Our website uses these “cookies” to collection information and to improve our service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service. You can delete cookies through your website browser. The “Help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.
Security
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Sites and Third-party Providers
Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. KRSAC may also use of a range of third-party online services to provide features such as embedded video and social sharing. These services may set cookies when visiting our website.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
Further Information
Further information in regard to data privacy rights are available on the website of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.