Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement
This website is maintained by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), a division of the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, on behalf of government departments. The Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation fully respects your right to privacy and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear and explicit permission.
Any personal information which you volunteer will be treated securely and confidentially in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this website. We explain some technical terms used in this statement at the end of this page.
Collection and use of personal information
This website does not collect any personal data, apart from information that you volunteer, when providing feedback or subscribing for notifications about a consultation for example.
Any information you provide in this way is used only for its specified purpose. More detail on other types of information collected relating to website visitors is available below.
Information we routinely collect
We may collect the following information from each user of this site:
- statistical information (IP address and hostname, web browser version, pages visited)
- the previous website address from which you reached us, including any search terms used
We temporarily store IP addresses in our server logs for security and system maintenance purposes. IP addresses used in analytics are anonymised and cannot be used to identify individual users.
What we use the information for
We use this information to analyse the usage patterns of the website to improve the website’s effectiveness. We will neither make attempts to identify individual visitors, nor associate the technical details listed above with any individual.
It is our policy never to disclose such information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party unless explicitly stated or obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law.
Cookies
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They enable websites to work correctly, remember your preferences, and help us understand how you use our website.
Why we use them
The Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation uses cookies for:
- security: to protect the website and users
- website functionality: to deliver optional media services
Technical Terms
Web browser
The piece of software you use to read web pages. Examples are Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Opera.
IP address
The identifying details for your computer (or your internet company’s computer), expressed in internet protocol code (for example, 192.168.72.34). Every computer connected to the web has a unique IP address, although the address may not be the same every time a connection is made.
More information and how to make a request
If you are concerned about how this website processes personal data, please do not hesitate to bring such concerns to our attention. To do so, you can contact the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation's Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@per.gov.ie.
In respect of personal data within the content of a specific website hosted on gov.ie, including where FormsIE gathers your data, you should contact the relevant public sector organisation directly. Most sites should have a Privacy section where details on how to do this are available.