DATA PRIVACY

Agreement to the policy

By using our website you agree to the Privacy Policy outlined at ExtinctionRebellion.ie/privacy.

Our commitment to your privacy

Extinction Rebellion Ireland (hereafter ”We”/”Us”/”Our”) is committed to upholding the highest standards in personal data use. We want to be honest and transparent in how we use your data.

Your data is held in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), OJ 2016 L 119/1.

What data do we collect?

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of Personal Data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, identification number.

  • Contact Data: includes email address, telephone numbers, location, country, language preference

  • Donation Data: includes details about donations from you, including the amount, currency, and method of payment. We do not store your credit card information or banking details save the expiry date and the last four digits of your card number, so we can refer to it when reminding you expiry is imminent;

  • Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website, together with information about the device(s) used;

  • User Record Data: includes information you have voluntarily provided about your interests, preferences, feedback, survey responses, comments, personalized messages from you, public comments submitted, and your response to any polls or surveys. We also keep records of each time you complete a campaign action, whenever you subscribed or unsubscribed to a mailing list, whether you acted in response to a mailing, social media, or through another source, and any other information you share when you take any action with Climate Live, online or otherwise;

  • Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website and also how you engage with our content (below under “Data relating to Updates and Email Tracking” for more information;

  • Mailing Data: includes mailings between us (including date/timestamp of mailing, content of mailing, language of mailing, topic categories);

  • Communications Data: includes your preferences in receiving communications from us and, where applicable, your opt-in to receive such communications.

 We may also collect:

  • Data relating to Updates and Email Tracking: If you sign up to receive updates from Climate Live, we will strive to provide you accurate and timely information about our campaign activities. In order to improve our engagement with our network, we may track whether the emails we send to you are being opened, and other related information such as when and whether the links they contain are being clicked, whether you sign or share petitions and of the people you shared with who also go on to sign our petitions. Communications will come to you directly from Us;

  • Images, photographs, or video you upload to the site;

 We also collect from all visitors:

  • Technical information about your use of the Website, browser type and version, and operating system

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (save as detailed in the next paragraph). This includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data, nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses, except where the processing is required or permitted by applicable law, or we have obtained your prior explicit consent.

Since achieving our mission involves many aspects — environmental, social justice, economical, political — some of the Personal Data which you share about yourself and your interest in these areas may relate to your political opinions and voting intentions.

We also collect, use, and share Aggregated Data (see further below, under “How we use your Personal Data).

Children

If you are under the age of 13 (US & some EU countries) or 16 (other EU countries), you must ask your parent/guardian for their consent before submitting your Personal Data to this site. If we have reason to believe that someone is underage and we have collected their Personal Data without proper consent, we will delete that information in a reasonable period of time.

How do we use your data

As above, we use the Personal Data provided by you to shape our campaigns, reach out and promote your involvement with our initiatives and generally in the advancement of our shared mission. We also use it to refine your experience and improve the Website.

We only use the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and where the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your Personal Data in the following circumstances:

  • With your consent (e.g. to this Privacy Policy);

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;

  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided.  For example:

  • To sign up via our website/register you as a supporter of Extinction Rebellion Ireland (where you ask us to email you at key moments when you can make a difference);

  • if you sign up for a campaign or to be involved in an event, we will use your Personal Data to send you updates and other information about the campaign or event, for example:

  • if a local group starts a campaign or petition that you sign, they may access the Personal Data you have shared and follow up with you about local campaign updates;

  • if you sign, share or donate, we use your Personal Data to send you information about our work via any channels you’ve consented to (email, phone/SMS, and/or social media messaging).

  • to connect you with Our online campaigns, and local events. We will contact you at key moments when we feel you can make a difference and which we feel would be of interest to you, for example, to see if you want to get involved in particular campaigns, fundraisers, and projects;

  • to deliver relevant content to you and measure your engagement and involvement with Climate Live;

  • to process any donation made by you;

  • to process any ticket purchased by you;

  • to seek to re-engage you with our network;

Since achieving our mission often seeks to put pressure on governments into limiting emissions and so can relate to who controls the government, we may communicate with you with information related to elections or political campaigns.

We may use the personal information of all visitors of the Website to:

  • use data analytics to improve our Website, relationships with Supporters, and your experience of the Website;

  • administer the Website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, and hosting of data);

  • manage our relationship with you (for example, to answer your queries, notify you about changes to our Privacy Policy).

Internal research and profiling

We carry out research and analysis on visitors to our Website and other supporters to determine the success of our approach and campaigns and other activities in the public interest and to help us provide you with a better experience (for example so that you receive communications about areas of our activities or research you are most likely to be interested in). We may evaluate, categorize and profile your Personal Data in order to tailor communications to your needs and your preferences and to help us to understand our network. For example, we may keep track of the amount, frequency, and value of your support, and may use automated systems to target email blasts. This information helps us to ensure communications are relevant, timely, and in the best interest of Our mission.

Aggregated Personal Data

In an ongoing effort to accomplish our mission and understand Website visitors better and judge the effectiveness and growth potential of campaigns, We may conduct research on its visitor’s demographics and interests based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us.  This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and We may share this aggregate information with its affiliates and allies. We may also disclose aggregated visitor statistics in order to describe the size, scope, and demographics of its network (for example, to display on campaign websites, announce on social media and provide to media sources).  Aggregated Data may be derived from your Personal Data but is not considered Personal Data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your Personal Data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as Personal Data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Non-Personal Data

We use the Non-Personal Data collected to generate statistics and measure Website activity in order to improve the quality of our Website for our visitors.

Donor Privacy Policy

We do not rent, share, sell or trade any Personal Data from online or offline donations with any 2nd or 3rd party, nor do we rent, share, sell or trade information about what donations supporters have undertaken on our Website with any 2nd or 3rd party, with the sole exception being our affiliated event organising grassroots organisations, a full list of which can be found here. 

Legal Basis for processing your Personal Information

Please contact info@ecorebelsireland.com if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your Personal Data.

Change of purpose

We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact . If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your Personal Data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

​Fundraising and Communications to promote Our work

We must usually ask you to “opt-in” to receive fundraising and campaign emails from us. You have the choice as to whether you want to receive or continue to receive these messages.

How long we hold your data

Both Personal Data and Non-Personal Data collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy may be stored by Extinction Rebellion Ireland itself or it may be included in databases owned and maintained by our affiliates, agents or service providers. We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we process your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

A large part of our data activities are focused on understanding our engagement efforts and finding out which supporters are the most active, and have been active for the longest period of time. This lets us know if we are providing our supporters with timely and engaging opportunities to take meaningful action on the issues they care about. We will take these considerations into account in determining the appropriate retention period, including the use and application of metrics and data tools to consider supporter engagement and to look at the trajectory of engaged supporters over time.

Further details of retention periods for different aspects of your Personal Data are available by emailing.

We continually review what information we hold and will delete personal data which is no longer required.

Your rights

For EU Citizens, under certain circumstances, the GDPR gives you rights in relation to your Personal Data. These are the right to:

  • Request access to your Personal Data;

  • Request correction of your Personal Data;

  • Request erasure of your Personal Data (though this will not apply where it is necessary for us to continue to use the data for a lawful reason);

  • Object to processing of your Personal Data;

  • Request restriction of processing your Personal Data;

  • Request transfer of your Personal Data;

  • Right to withdraw consent (where we are relying on consent to process your Personal Data.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at info@ecorebelsireland.com.