Who we are
The information contained in this website is provided by Blarney and District Historical Society. Blarney and District Historical Society will endeavour to keep the information on the website up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. Our website address is: https://blarneyhistory.ie.
The inclusion of links from our website to other web sites does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within these websites.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
The design of this website, its graphics, text, the arrangement and selection thereof, and all software and compilations of software, source codes, and all other components of or material comprised in or on this website are the copyright of Blarney and District Historical Society or their designers and content and technology providers. All Rights Reserved.
You may not download copy or print any of the pages of this website except for your own personal use, and provided you keep intact all copyright and proprietary notices. No copying or distribution for any business or commercial use is allowed. No manipulation of the content of this website is permitted. You will not attempt to disassemble, reverse engineer or modify any of the software, coding or information comprised in the website.
Privacy Policy
This policy relates to Blarney and District Historical Society privacy practices in connection with this website.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. Any personal data volunteered through this website will be treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
Our website may contain links to other websites. Once you have used these links to leave our site, please note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.
We may change the Privacy Policy from time to time at our discretion. Each time you use the Website, you consent to our Privacy Policy as it then reads without any further notice or any liability to you or any other person.
When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic and that communications comply with the relevant legal requirements.
These Terms and Conditions and all related matters are governed and interpreted in accordance with Irish law, and you consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.
Security
Blarney and District Historical Society is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user submits their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
Blarney and District Historical Society does not provide your personal information to third parties, unless we are required by law to do so.
If you have any questions about the security of your personal information, you can contact us at admin@blarneyhistory.ie.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
This web site uses ‘cookies’. ‘Cookies’ are small text files that may be stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, but enable us to store your preference information between visits.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Technical details in connection with visits to this website are logged in the website log files for statistical purposes. No information is collected that could be used by us to identify website visitors. The technical details logged may include the following items:
- The top level domain name used (e.g. ‘.ie’, ‘.com’)
- The IP address of the computer from which you access the website.
- The date and time each computer accesses the website
- The previous website address from which the visitor reached us, including any search terms used
- The type and version of web browser used to access the website
- Keywords used in search engines to find our website
- The addresses of websites which refer visitors to our website
Cookies on our site
Necessary Coookies
- wpEmojiSettingsSupports: WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. Duration: Session
- cookieyes-consent: CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. Duration: 1 year.
- rc::a: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. Duration: Never expires.
- rc::c: This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. Duration: Session
Analytics Cookies
- is_unique: StatCounter sets this cookie to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor and to estimate the accumulated unique visits per site. Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days
- is_visitor_unique: StatCounter sets this cookie to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor. Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days
- ga*: Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days
- _ga: Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. Duration: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Advertisement Cookies
- YSC: Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. Duration: Session
- VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. Duration: 6 months
- VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA: YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. Duration: 6 months
Additional Information Collected
In order to deliver a better service, Blarney and District Historical Society tracks patterns of use on our site. We note which links are clicked to determine what topics are of interest to our visitors. Like all websites, we automatically receive from the Internet usage information such as your IP address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data, your mobile provider, your mobile device and store it in log files. We use cookies and other technologies to recognize you, study traffic patterns on our website and customize your experience.
Blarney and District Historical Society will make no attempt to identify individual visitors, or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual. The technical information will be used only by Blarney and District Historical Society and only for statistical and other administrative purposes.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.