Privacy Policy for Meridian Compass

Meridian Compass, located at 14 Custom House Quay, Dublin 1, D01 V4X9, Dublin, 🇮🇪, is committed to promoting and preserving cultural heritage through community programs and historical trade route exploration. This Privacy Policy details how we collect, use, process, and protect any personal information you provide when using our site. Your privacy is paramount, and we are dedicated to handling your data with transparency and in compliance with global data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services, which include community integration programs, historical trade route exhibitions, cross-cultural exchange events, educational workshops, and support for local artisan fairs.

• Personal Identification Information: This includes information you voluntarily provide when you register for an event, sign up for our newsletter, make a donation, or engage with our community programs. Examples include your name, email address, postal address, and contact number.
• Demographic Information: We may collect information such as age, gender, and interests relevant to our cultural heritage initiatives, often in an aggregated or anonymized form.
• Website Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our online platform. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This helps us understand visitor behaviour and enhance site functionality.
• Event Participation Details: Information related to your participation in our events, workshops, or programs, such as registration details, attendance records, and feedback.

2. How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used to support and advance the mission of Meridian Compass:

• To Provide Services: To facilitate your participation in community integration programs, exhibitions, events, and educational workshops.
• To Improve Our Programs: Understanding how users interact with our site and programs helps us refine our offerings and develop new initiatives better aligned with community interests.
• Communication: To send you updates, newsletters, information about upcoming events, and other relevant communications that you have opted to receive.
• Security and Operations: To maintain the security of our online platform and to manage our operations effectively, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, and research.
• Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and regulatory requirements.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)

We process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter).
• Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (e.g., registering for an event).
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. This includes activities such as improving our services, ensuring network and information security, and direct marketing, where applicable and balanced against your rights.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the online platform or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission or where necessary under a current contract. All such third-party providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.

We may also disclose your data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

5. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, 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.

6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our physical address: 14 Custom House Quay, Dublin 1, D01 V4X9, Dublin, 🇮🇪.

7. Security of Your Data

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our online platform.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Meridian Compass has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

9. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of our site, or your dealings with our online platform, please contact us at:

Meridian Compass
14 Custom House Quay,
Dublin 1,
D01 V4X9,
Dublin, 🇮🇪

Phone: +353 1 897 6543

This document was last updated on 23 May 2024.