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Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 21, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to An Cosán, Kiltalown Village Centre.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: Ireland
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to Get Yourself Online, accessible from https://getyourselfonline.ie
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

We use your information only for purposes related to providing and improving our free educational services. This includes:

- Creating and managing user accounts
- Delivering course content and tracking learning progress
- Improving site functionality, usability, and performance
- Maintaining the security of our systems
- Responding to customer enquiries or technical support requests
- Fulfilling legal and regulatory obligations

We do not use your data for advertising, commercial resale, or profiling.

We process personal data under the following lawful bases:

- Contractual necessity, to provide access to courses and manage your account

- Legitimate interests, such as ensuring website security and improving user experience

- Consent, when required for optional services like newsletters

- Legal obligations, where we must retain certain information for compliance

Cookies and similar technologies help us manage login sessions, track course progress, and analyse website traffic. Full details can be found in our separate Cookie Policy.

We use appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your data, including:

- Encrypted (SSL) communication between your browser and our servers

- Secure hosting infrastructure

- Website security protections provided by Wordfence

We retain data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Policy. For example:

- Course and LMS data is retained while your account remains active

- Security logs are kept according to Wordfence recommendations

- Contact enquiries are stored only until your issue is resolved

Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we rely on:

- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

- Adequate safeguards required by GDPR

- Data minimisation to reduce what is transferred

These providers only access your data as necessary to perform their functions and are bound by GDPR-compliant agreements.

You have full control over your personal data and may exercise the following rights at any time:

- Access your personal information

- Request correction of inaccurate details

- Request deletion of your data

- Restrict processing under certain conditions

- Withdraw consent, when processing is based on consent

- Request data portability where applicable

- Lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC)

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

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