Privacy Policy - Irish Traction Group

Who are we?

This website is owned by The Irish Traction Group, a charity devoted to restoring and operating Irish diesel locomotives. You can write to us here: The Irish Traction Group 31 Hayfield Road Bredbury Stockport Cheshire SK6 1DE England Or contact us via the Contact Us webpage. You can use these details to contact us for any reason, including data security or privacy issues.

What data do we process?

The Irish Traction Group processes the following data:

Your name and contact details when you become a member or renew your membership, so we can send you newsletters and other communications
Your contact details when you send a donation, so we can contact you to acknowledge the donation.
Your contact details whenever you contact us using the Contact Form or email addresses, so we can respond to your query.
Anonymous usage statistics via Google Analytics to help us manage the website and improve it. This includes what sort of browser you use, your screen size, what device you are using and some general details about your geographical location. You can opt out of this data recording via our cookies banner, or by visiting the cookies webpage.

What is the lawful basis for processing this data?

We need to process your contact details. Without these details, it is not possible for you to be a member of the Irish Traction Group as it would not be possible to contact you. For donations, we need to process your contact details so we know where the donation came from and from who. For website contacts, we need to use the details you provide so we can respond to your query. You anonymous usage statistics are gathered to help us maintain and improve the website. They do not enable us to identify you individually, and we anonymise the IP address before it is recorded. You can also opt out of this if you prefer, as it is technically what is known as a tracking cookie. See our cookies webpage for more details.

Sharing your information

The Irish Traction Group will never share any of your information outside of the organisation. Within the organisation, only those Committee Members or people holding Posts of Special Responsibility will have access to only the information they require to administer the organisation..

Data retention

The Irish Traction Group will hold your contact details for membership purposes for the duration of your membership, and for a reasonable period afterwards so we can contact you for renewal purposes.

Data transfer

Our web servers are based in both EU and non-EU locations. Any personal information stored online will be protected by industry standard encryption (such as using Google Drive),

Your rights

You have the right to contact us to ask what information we hold about you. You also have the right to correct any information that you believe is incorrect. To do so, please contact us. See our Contact Us webpage for details of how to do this.

Your right to withdraw consent to hold your data

You have the right to have any of your personal data we store removed from our records and systems. You acknowledge that if we cannot store your personal contact information that it will not be possible for you to remain as a member of the Irish Traction Group. To do so, please contact us. See our Contact Us webpage for details of how to do this. If you wish to withdraw consent to use tracking cookies for analytics purposes, please see our cookies webpage for details of how to do this yourself online.

Your right to complain

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding our processing of your data. Each EU Member State has a designated data protection supervisory authority. Individuals have the right to raise a complaint with the supervisory authority in the Member State where they live, where they work, or where the infringement took place. In the United Kingdom, the Supervisory Authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office. See their webpage for details of how to do so.