Legal Notice and Terms and Conditions of Use

General

This website contains general information about Create, Ireland’s national development agency for Collaborative Arts. Create and Create-Ireland are trading names of C.A.F.E. Company Limited by Guarantee, registered in Ireland as a company not having a share capital. Create is registered as a charity in Ireland. Our website provides information on the company, its governance and operations.

The materials contained on (and publications provided within) this website are not intended to provide, and do not constitute or comprise, advice on any particular matter and are provided for general information purposes only. You should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of any material contained on (or publications provided within) this website, without seeking appropriate professional advice.

Your use of this Website is subject to these terms and conditions of use. By using this Website you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

Links

Hypertext or other links to this website are prohibited without the consent of Create. If you wish to provide a link to this site, you should notify us by e-mail to communications@create-ireland.ie and give details of the URL(s) of the page(s) with links to our website and the URL(s) of the page(s) to which you wish to link on our website.

Disclaimer

This website is available without any representations or warranties of any kind, either express of implied. Create makes no representations, warranties or undertakings about any of the Materials or any content of or information on any other website referred to or accessed by hypertext link or otherwise through this website (“third party site”). Create does not endorse or approve the content of any third party site, nor will Create have any liability in connection with any third party site.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither Create nor its partners, associates, consultants, employees, affiliates or other representatives thereof will be liable for loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of the materials or any facilities or services offered through this website (including, but not limited to, indirect or consequential loss or damages, loss of data, income, profit or opportunity, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties) even if Create has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages or such loss or damages were reasonably foreseeable.

Privacy Statement and Data Protection

Privacy and data protection rights are important to Create and we are committed to safeguarding the privacy rights of all our officers, employees, volunteers, affiliates, service users, contractors, and supporters. Create is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing of personal data that we may collect, access, use and/or disclose. Create will be treat any personal information volunteered to or sought by it with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, in accordance with current data protection law and regulation and at all times following best practice management approaches.

Visitors are advised that each time they visit a Website that two general levels of information about their visit can be retained. The first comprises statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate and non-individual specific basis of all browsers who visit the site. The second is information, which is personal or particular to a specific visitor who knowingly chooses to provide that information. The statistical and analytical information provides general and not individually specific information about the number of people who visit this website; the number of people who return to this site; the pages that they visit; where they were before they came to this site and the page in the site at which they exited. This information helps us monitor traffic on our website so that we can manage the site’s capacity and efficiency. It also helps us to understand which parts of this site are most popular and generally, to assess user behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site.

Being familiar with user preferences is an essential element of providing a satisfactory experience for visitors to our site. We use Google Analytics to collect information about site usage and compile reports to help improve the site. We use Cookies to collect information, in an anonymous form, including the numbers of site visits, where visitors come from and which pages they visit.

Create’s website automatically collects and stores the following information:

• The IP address which accesses our website

• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site

• The date and time of access to our site

• Lick screen data which shows the traffic of users around the site, pages visited

• The internet address of the website that accessed our site

We do not, under any circumstances:

• Link IP addresses to anything that would identify visitors personally

• Share the information we track on this site, in any form, with any third party

• Release personal information about any user

By using Create’s website, visitors agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our policy:

• Create uses cookies to keep track of visitor interaction with our website, which assists us in structuring our content to improve a user’s experience. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then remove the data from the system.

• Cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. Visitors can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but users can modify browser settings to decline cookies. This may prevent a user from taking full advantage of the website.

Through this Website you may have an opportunity to send us information, such as through the “Contact Us” or the “Join” pages or any other area where you may send e-mails, request information or provide feedback. By choosing to participate, you will be providing us with some level of personal information relating to yourself. Create will only use this information (i) for the purposes for which it was provided by you; (ii) for verification purposes and statistical analysis; and (iii) for marketing and administration purposes, where these have been requested by you.

If you are aware that personal information held by us has changed, or if you no longer wish to subscribe to a particular service, we will endeavour to correct, update or remove the information provided to us as speedily as possible. You can do this by emailing us at communications@create-ireland.ie.

If you have any questions about our privacy statement or wish to ensure that the data we hold about you is accurate and up to date, please contact: The Data Protection Officer, Create, 2 Curved Street, Dublin 2, D02 PC43. Tel: +353 (0)1 4736600. email datapro@create-ireland.ie

Governing Law

This legal notice and terms and conditions of use and all issues regarding this Website shall be governed by the laws of Ireland.