Callan Institute as part of Saint John of God Community Services clg., is committed to keeping your information private.  We understand that your privacy an the security of your information are very important to you. The purpose of this Website Privacy Statement is to outline how we deal with the privacy of the users of this website and any personal data you provide to us while visiting the website.  Please read the terms of this Privacy Statement carefully since by visiting this website, you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of this Privacy Statement.

Collection and Use of Information

www.sjog.ie collects two types of information on this website: personal data and non-personal data.

Personal Data
Personal data are data that can be used to identify an individual and includes the name and contact details provided by users of the website when submitting forms on the website.  Personal information is only collected where it is necessary to carry out the user's request.  When you are registered as an administrator of this website, we store your name, email address and user role.  We store this information so we can determine what rights you have to make certain changes to the website.  Only designated staff members may be administrators of this website.  We will not divulge your customer information to a third party unless we have received customer authorisation or we are required to do so by law.

Non- personal Data
Non-personal data include cookies that anonymously measure activity on the www.sjog.ie.  Non-personal data are not linked to an individual user.  The data collected include the user's IP(Internet Protocol) address, domain name, browser type, operating system and information such as the web site that referred the user to us, the files the user downloaded,  the pages the user visited and the dates/times of the visits.

Cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of information which is transferred to your computer's hard disk from a website.  Cookies can store information about your preferences and other information which you need when you visit the website.  Cookies are not used to identify visitor's personal identity.  How do we use cookies on this website?  Cookies are used on www.sjog.ie in two ways:

Content Management System
Cookies are used as part of the software used to manage and update our website content.  The information gathered is not retained and the cookie is deleted when the browser is closed.

Google Analytics
Cookies are used to collect information in an anonymous form about how visitors use the site - they do not record personal information.  The cookies collected information included the number of visitors of the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.  The information helps us to improve the user experience.  Further details on the use of cookies by Google Analytics and on how to opt out, can be found at: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

Amendments
Callan Institute as part of Saint John of God Community Services clg., reserves the right to amend this privacy statement at any time, you should regularly check this privacy statement for any amendments.