Cookies Statement
Mary Immaculate College
Introduction
This is a statement of the practices of Mary Immaculate College (the "College") in connection with the use of cookies on this website (that is all web pages within the domain www.mic.ul.ie) and the steps taken by the College to respect your privacy. The College is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites which may be accessed through the Mary Immaculate College website. It is College policy to identify clearly links to external websites and it is your responsibility to satisfy yourself as to the adequacy of the practices of linked sites.
Cookies
This website uses cookies, which are small pieces of information, stored in simple text files, placed on your computer by a website. Some cookies can be read by the website on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the webpage, or a unique identifier so that the website can 'remember' you on your return visit. Other cookies are deleted when you close your browser and only relate to the working of the website. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the website.
How We Use Cookies
When you visit this website, you will see a message informing you about cookies, allowing you to select which categories of cookies, you can choose to allow or disallow (with the exception of necessary cookies, which do not require consent. Your consent is valid for one month, at which time the banner will automatically reappear upon your first renewed visit to the website, requiring you to provide your preferred level of consent.
Types of cookies we use:
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies enable the website to remember information about you that changes the way the website behaves e.g. video settings on embedded videos.
Statistics Cookies
Statistic cookies help us to understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use such cookies to analyse anonymised usage patterns.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used by third party companies to track visitors across websites and build a profile of your marketing preferences. They are used to display ads relevant to the individual user and, therefore, more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers. This information is collected directly by the third party, not held by MIC. It may be combined with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
In addition to selecting the cookies manually on this site, most browsers allow you to turn off cookies or to customise your settings for cookies. To find out how to do this, see the 'Help' menu on your browser.
Please note that if you turn off cookies or change your settings, some features of this website may not work correctly.
For information collected by third party cookies, please familiarise yourself with the relevant sections.
Collection and Use of Technical Information
Information on internet traffic is collected routinely by the College and also at other points along the route in the internet (e.g. HEAnet). This technical information is used to ensure the smooth running of the computer network in the College and for statistical or administrative purposes.
No information is collected by MIC for the purpose of identifying individual visitors to the website except in so far as this is permitted by law and may be necessary in order to prevent or detect problems or offences in relation to the operation of the website.
The technical information will be used only by Mary Immaculate College, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes.
The technical details logged are confined to the following items:
- IP address of the visitors' network
- The top-level domain name used (for example .ie , .com , .org)
- The previous website address from which the visitor reached us, including any search terms used
- Traffic of visitors around this web site (for example, pages accessed)
- The type of web browser used by the visitor
Analytics Cookies
We use analytics cookies to help us understand what content is most useful to visitors. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ('Google') for this analysis; 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. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form that does not identify an individual. 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.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers outside of the EEA on the understanding that the College relies on legally approved mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework approved by the European Commission.
The retention period for personal data that is associated with Google Analytics is 14 months. A link to Google analytics data privacy and security page is provided here.
Collection of information by Third Parties
Web visitors that accept all cookies or targeting cookies permit the placement of third-party cookies. Some of these third-party cookies will involve international data transfer outside the EEA. These third-party cookies are listed in our cookie list.
Changes to this Cookies Statement
This statement should not be construed as a contractual undertaking. The College reserves the right to review and amend this statement at any time without notice and you should therefore re-visit this webpage from time to time.
Further information on this website’s use of cookies
Further information on data protection and your rights is available here on MIC website and the website of the Data Protection Commission, www.dataprotection.ie.
If you are unhappy with the way that we have processed your personal data, you have the right to raise a concern or lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission at info@DataProtection.ie.
Please contact the MIC Data Protection Officer with any queries or concerns you may have:
Elaine Mulqueen
Data Protection Officer
Mary Immaculate College
South Circular Rd, Limerick
Email: DataProtection@mic.ul.ie.
Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.
