Privacy Policy
We are committed to ensuring the security and privacy of the personal information that we process. Our policy is to keep the information we collect to a minimum, to collect data on a legal basis, and where necessary to obtain your consent to collect data.
This privacy policy explains how we handle personal data collected on this website.
Data controller for this website
For the purposes of personal data, the data controller for this website, "we", is: Apex Controls Limited. Unit 7, Cleveragh Business Park, Sligo, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Tel: (071) 9147744. Company No: 301727.
Data we collect, and legal basis for processing
Statistical data
We compile statistics about visits to this website, such as date and time, pages viewed, documents requested, the refering page from which the visit originated, the browser and operating system, and inferred country and language. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in gauging the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, estimating the volume and interest of website visitors, and in ensuring sufficient capacity to cope with visitor traffic. This data is stored in an aggregate format, and no association is made with individual users.
We do not collect and store your IP address, except in the following circumstances:
If your browser reports itself as a bot or crawler.
If your browser sends malware or probing requests to the website or any other traffic that violates the website terms or common decency.
The purpose of collecting the IP address in the above circumstances is to help maintain the security of our system and prevent abuse.
Data you provide
When you submit an enquiry form on our website, you provide us with your name, email address, organization and phone number (if applicable) and the details of your message. The data you provide will be used to handle and reply to your query.
We will accept the data you provide only if you consent to let us have it, by ticking the consent option on the form.
Data we may need to share with 3rd parties
Your information will not be shared with third parties except in these specific circumstances:
When we are be obliged to conform to any requirements of law or to comply with any legal process that has been duly fulfilled.
When we have a legal need to protect and defend our own, agents' and /or customers' property rights.
With our information technology provider where necessary for the essential troubleshooting or maintenance of the service or for security auditing.
Maps on our website are provided by Google who may collect and store your personal data on their server, and apply their own privacy policy to that data.
When you use any of the social media buttons on this website, such as sharing a page to your social media account, we will send the URL of the page to your social media account. You should assume that social media will associate this link with your account, and may use this link as part of building a profile about you. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of your social media account.
Third parties are also subject to data processing legislation. It is possible that 3rd party service providers could be subject to laws that require them to share your personal data with their respective authorities, regardless of data protection laws and without our knowledge. They may also be prohibited from informing you or us about such sharing. For this reason, we limit sharing with 3rd parties to the absolute minimum.
You should be aware that despite our privacy policy, we may be subjected to official orders or laws requiring us to share your personal data with a country's authorities and that we may ourselves be prohibited from informing you of that fact. We will attempt to verify the veracity, legality and necessity of such orders beforehand.
Transfer of personal data abroad
Personal data is stored within the European Union (EU) and is not under normal circumstances transferred outside the boundaries of the EU.
When you use this website from a location outside the EU, and visit a page displaying your own personal data, the data is transferred from our servers in the EU to your device in your foreign location. Such data is generally protected from unauthorized access by the use of an encrypted connection where possible. However, secure communications cannot be guaranteed due to weaknesses in the structure of the Internet and communication protocols, and the prevalence and persistence of third parties with advanced tools.
The transfer of data abroad by any 3rd party provider without permission, is against our policy.
How personal data is stored
All personal data collected by this website will be treated with the highest available standards of security and confidentiality, and protected with mechanisms such as encryption, authentication, malware detection, security auditing, regular software maintenance and by limiting physical access to data.
Personal data is stored for only as long as is necessary:
in providing a service to you or performing a contract we have with you
as required by law
as required by tax authorities for accounting and financial auditing purposes
to allow debugging, security auditing and statistics aggregating processes sufficient time to complete
Do Not Track Signal
Your browser may send the "Do Not Track" (DNT=1) header to notify us not to track your activity across websites using statistics and analytical tools. We respect your preference. We do not use unique tracking identifiers and we do not sell or offer your personal information to 3rd parties.
Age restrictions
This website is not targeted to, intended to be consumed by or designed for persons under the age of 18 without parental guidance. If you are under the age of 18 and you have provided us with any personal data, please ensure your legal guardian reviews the data you provided.
Amendments
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time and you should check this privacy policy for any amendments, before providing personal data.
Your rights in relation to personal data
You have the right to:
view the data that we hold for you
receive your data in a common portable format
have your data corrected
have your data deleted, subject to the retention limitations imposed by law
request that we limit the use of your data
object to the use of your data regardless of our privacy policy
withdraw your consent to the use of your data (where consent was neccessary)
complain to a government data protection authority
You may contact the data controller to exercise the rights that we are responsible for. We may need to verify your identity before acting on your request.