Privacy Policy of UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic Website

This is the privacy policy of www.sportsurgeryclinic.com.
We are a company registered in the Republic of Ireland, company number 419994 with a registered place of business at UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic, Santry Demesne, Dublin 9.

General Privacy Information

Our website, www.sportssurgeryclinic.com, like most other websites, uses cookies to help provide you with the best experience we can.
This policy sets out all the information you need to know about what we record about you.
It is of paramount importance to us to protect your privacy and confidentiality, and we understand that all users of our website are concerned to know that their data will not be used for any purpose unintended by them.
If you do not like or agree with any point in this policy, then please leave this website as soon as possible, as your use of this website is an agreement by you to the terms of this policy.
Please note we do not share, sell or disclose to any third party any personally identifiable information collected throughout the website except as set out in this policy.

How is information collected?

Information is collected through what is referred to as ‘cookies’.  Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile phone when browsing websites.

Our cookies help us to

MAKE OUR WEBSITE WORK AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO

 

IMPROVE THE SPEED AND SECURITY OF THE SITE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL USERS

 

REMEMBER YOUR SETTINGS DURING AND BETWEEN VISITS, FOR EXAMPLE TO ALLOW YOU TO MAKE BOOKINGS FOR THE CLINIC

 

ALLOW YOU TO SHARE PAGES WITH SOCIAL NETWORKS LIKE FACEBOOK, TWITTER, YOUTUBE ETC.

 

ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ASK DO YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR UPDATES IN OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IN WHICH WE WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE AN UNSUBSCRIBE LINK.

The general information we collect from you, either through the use of cookies or from directly requesting the information from you, is as follows:

BASIC IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION

 

MARKET PLACE INFORMATION

 

YOUR DOMAIN NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS

 

WEBSITE USAGE INFORMATION

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION RELATING TO PAYMENT METHODS

We do not use cookies to

COLLECT ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS PERMISSION
COLLECT ANY SENSITIVE INFORMATION WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS PERMISSION
PASS DATA TO ADVERTISING NETWORKS WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS PERMISSION
PASS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE DATA TO THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS PERMISSION

How you grant us permission to use cookies

When you entered our site you will have noticed our cookie consent notification bar at the top of the site. When you choose OK button to hide that bar you are confirming that you consent to how we use cookies on our site as described in this page. As such you have opted in at this point.
If the settings on your software that you are using to view this website are adjusted to accept cookies we take this together with your continued use of our website to mean that you have accepted this policy.
Should you wish to remove or not use cookies from our site you can learn how to do this below, however doing so will likely mean that our site will not work as you would expect.

Social & 3rd Party Website Cookies

In order for you to easily share our content on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and You Tube to name but a few we have included sharing buttons on our site.
Cookies are set by:
FACEBOOK – PRIVACY POLICY
TWITTER – PRIVACY POLICY
GOOGLE – PRIVACY POLICY
YOUTUBE – PRIVACY POLICY
The privacy implications on this will vary from social network to social network and will be dependent on the privacy settings you have chosen on these networks.
Please note we are not in any way responsible for how your information is used by these external companies and you should at all times familiarise yourself with the individual cookie policies before sharing your information with them.
For the avoidance of doubt www.sportssurgeryclinic.com will not be held responsible for any breaches of the data protection legislation through the use of any third party site. Your continued use of this site is taken as your agreement to this.

Visitor Statistics Cookies

We use cookies to compile visitor statistics such as:
What type of technology they are using (e.g. Mac or Windows which helps to identify when our site isn’t working as it should for particular technologies)
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE VISITED OUR WEBSITE
HOW LONG THEY SPEND ON THE SITE
WHAT PAGE THEY LOOK AT
This helps us to continuously improve our website. These so called analytics programs also tell us how people reached this site, for example through various search engines, and whether they have been here before.

Turning off Cookies

You can usually switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies. Doing so however will likely limit the functionality of our and a large proportion of other websites as cookies are a standard part of most modern websites.
It may be that your concerns around cookies relate to so called “spyware”. Rather than switching off cookies in your browser you may find that anti-spyware software achieves the same objective by automatically deleting cookies considered to be invasive.

At any time you may review, update or request a removal of the personally identifiable information that we hold about you, by contacting us at our registered office. To better safeguard your information, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to your information.

Where our data is hosted and processed

Our web sites are hosted with trusted Irish hosting company, www.hostingireland.com, their servers are based in Waterford, Ireland. We also use outsourced services in countries outside the EU from time to time in other aspects of our business. Accordingly data obtained within the Ireland may be “processed” outside  Ireland and data obtained in any other country may be processed within or outside that country.

Compliance with the law

This policy has been drafted so as to comply with the law of every jurisdiction in which we aim to do business. If you think it fails to satisfy the law of your country, we should like to hear from you on info@sportssurgeryclinic.com, but ultimately it is your choice as to whether you wish to use our website.

Fair Processing Notice

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