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AtRest.ie Privacy Notice

1. Now At Rest Limited

Now At Rest Ltd., operating under the name AtRest.ie, is dedicated to safeguarding and respecting your privacy. AtRest.ie is an Irish-owned Private Limited company registered in Ireland.

This statement, in conjunction with our terms & conditions and cookie policy, delineates the framework within which any personal data collected from you or provided by you will be processed by us.

2.What the Privacy Notice covers

This Privacy Data outlines how we handle your personal information: from collection and storage to processing. It also details your legal rights concerning your personal data.

3.What is regarded as Personal Data ?

Personal data is delineated by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) as ‘any data relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’. In more straightforward terms, personal data encompasses any information pertaining to an individual that allows for their identification. This includes clearly identifiable data such as one’s name and contact information, as well as less conspicuous data like identification numbers, electronic location data, and various online identifiers.

4.Data Processors & Controllers

AtRest.ie operates as a Data Processor, for instance, when a Funeral Director submits a death notice on our site, the Funeral Director functions as the Data Controller, while AtRest.ie serves as the Data Processor.

This communication provides a general overview of our processing activities and the information involved. Should you require detailed information regarding the processing activities related to your personal data, please contact us at: info@Atrest.ie

It is essential that you review this notice in conjunction with any other privacy communications we may present on specific occasions when we collect or process personal data pertaining to you. This will ensure that you are informed about how and why we utilise such data.

For further information, please contact us at: info@atrest.ie

5. How does AtRest.ie use my Personal Data

 We must always have a legitimate reason to use your personal data in accordance with GDPR.

One of the following legal bases may be used to use your personal data:

  • In situations where we must safeguard your interests or the interests of  another person. In cases where it is required for official purposes.
  • When your interests and fundamental rights do not supersede our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and  it is required for those purposes.
  • Where we must comply with the contracts that we have with you
  • Your approval.

 6.Your Rights Explained

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, which we will always aim to uphold,

  • The right to access the personal data held about you.
  • The right to know how we gather and handle your personal information.
  • The right to prevent the processing of your personal information/data.
  • The right to request that any inaccurate or missing personal information we may hold about you be corrected. the right to request that we remove or delete of any personal information we may hold about you.
  • The right to transfer data, this means that you can request a copy of your personal data so you can use it for another service or business if you have given it to us directly, we are using it with your permission or to fulfil a contract, and the data is processed automatically.
  • The right to object to us using your personal data/information for a particular purpose or purposes.

You should find all the information you want in this Privacy Notice, however, if you have any concerns or would like more information, please contact us at info@atrest.ie

We do not use your personal data in relation to profiling or automatic decision making. Please contact us if you would like more information about how we use your personal data.

If you have any concerns about how we use your personal information you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commissioner, whose contact information is provided below

The Data Protection Commissioner
21 Fitzwilliam Square South

Dublin 2

D02RD28

Telephone: 01 765 0100

Lo Call Number: 1800 437 737

7. How do we protect the privacy and security of your data ?

 We are dedicated to making sure that your information is safe both with us and with the third parties that we work with in order to prevent your data from being lost, misused, or altered, we have put in place a number of security measures. Every employee at AtRest.ie is legally required to protect your personal information, and they have all received training on data security and confidentiality. Strict data security policies and procedures are in place at AtRest.ie to guarantee the safety of any information about you, whether it is stored electronically or on paper.

8. Information processing relating to deceased persons

We process the personal information of people who have died. Those who have died are exempt from the GDPR. The publication of death notices is the main processing activity we do with regard to deceased people. We take the necessary precautions to guarantee that the personal data and information of people who have died is handled with dignity and care.

AtRest.ie is also the data processor for the following purposes

Process data relating to death notices uploaded to AtRest.ie by a Funeral Director – Personal data processed and stored,  Name, address, phone number, email .

 Process data relating to Family notices uploaded to AtRest.ie by a registered users of AtRest.ie – Personal data processed and stored,  Name, address, phone number, email .

Process data relating to the purchase of merchandise on the AtRest.ie website by a registered users of AtRest.ie – Personal data processed and stored,  Name, address of purchaser, phone number, email . Name, address, phone number and email of the recipient.

Process data relating to data that was uploaded via the condolence section on the AtRest.ie by members of the public– Personal data processed and stored,  Name, address, phone number, email .

9. Do you share the personal data that you retain about me ?

 To help our services retrieve your user preferences, personalise your visits, run our website, gather statistical data about our visitors for analysis, streamline sign in processes, demographics, and offer social media features, we use cookies.

If we are involved in legal proceedings or are adhering to legal obligations, a court order, or the directives of a government authority, we may be legally obligated to share certain personal data, including yours, under certain restricted circumstances.

10.How long will my Personal Data be retained by AtRest.ie

We will not retain your personal data for longer than is required given the purpose or purposes for which it was initially gathered and in compliance with legal requirements, therefore, we will not retain your data longer than is required to meet our legal and business obligations.

10. Accessing your Personal Data

You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

We call this a "subject access request." Requests for subject access must be submitted to the data controller by email to info@atrest.ie

In order to update our records, AtRest.ie should be notified by email should you require the information we hold about you to be updated.

 12.Transfer of Personal Data

We will take the appropriate measures to guarantee that your personal data is handled as securely and safely as it would be under the GDPR and within the EEA when it is transferred outside of the EEA.

For some of these nations, the European Commission has not made an adequacy decision. This indicates that the nations to which we send your data are not thought to offer a sufficient degree of security for your private data. However, we have implemented the necessary safeguards to guarantee that your personal information is handled by those who are responsible for protecting it in order to guarantee that it does receive a sufficient level of protection

13. Automated decision-making

When an electronic system uses user data to make a decision without human input, this is known as automated decision making. We do not anticipate that any decisions regarding you will be made automatically, we will give you written notice if this position changes.

14. Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect “only essential “ standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for our own use only(We will not be sharing any data collected via cookies with any 3rd party)

You can set your browser not to accept cookies. However in a few cases
some of our website features may not function as a result.

15. Changes to this Privacy Notice

This Privacy notice is subject to change at any time, this might be required in circumstances where the law changes or if we alter our processes or procedures in a way that compromises the protection of personal data.

16. How Do I Contact AtRest.ie ?

 In order to contact us regarding any matter pertaining to your personal data and data protection, including subject access requests, please email the data controller at info@atrest.ie

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