Ardán is a non-profit, independent organisation operating across the West of Ireland and beyond. Our principal aim is to support creatives within the audio-visual industry, in the mediums of filmmaking, television, animation and games, through enabling access and providing opportunities.
At Ardán, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Statement discloses the information practices for processing the data of our clients and visitors to www.ardan.ie website, what type of information about our websites’ users is gathered and tracked, and how the information is used, shared or otherwise processed offline for this data Ardán is a Data Controller. You can browse through most of our website without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request. By visiting this website, you are accepting the practices described herein. We may update this Policy from time to time, so please check this Policy periodically for changes.
If you have questions or complaints regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact info@ardan.ie
You may choose to provide us with personal information directly in various situations. For instance, you may opt to share your personal data to:
We utilise this information to fulfil your request and the relevant services, communicate with you, and ensure effective communication.
We use the information we collect to:
We process personal data based on the following legal grounds:
We may share your personal data with third parties including state agencies, external service providers, legal and regulatory authorities only in circumstances essential for providing services or complying with our legal obligations. We ensure that any third party we share data with respects the confidentiality and security of your personal information.
Data may be shared for the following purposes:
Under data protection law, you have the following rights:
Please contact us at info@ardan.ie if you wish to make a request.
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at info@ardan.ie
You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission if you are unhappy with how we have used your data. Further details are available on www.dataprotection.ie
We will retain your personal data only to provide our services to you and to comply with our contractual and legal obligations.
If you wish to obtain further information on this, please contact us at info@ardan.ie
Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in countries other than the country in which you are located. These countries may be outside of the European Economic Area and have data protection laws that are different from those in Ireland. We will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information remains protected in accordance with applicable law. We do this by relying on appropriate transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses, Adequacy Decisions or certification methods such as the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
A Cookie is a small piece of data that may be stored on your computer or mobile device. It allows a website “remember” your actions or preferences over a length of time. When you log on to our website for the first time, a message will appear asking for your consent to the use of Cookies, with a link to further details about the types of Cookies used, as well as a link to this Cookies Policy. You may choose to consent to our use of all Cookies, or you may specify which types of Cookies may be employed. All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current data protection law.
The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, we need your permission.
We may use cookies for a number of purposes—for example, to maintain continuity during a user session, to gather data about the usage of our website for research and other purposes, to store your preferences for certain kinds of information and marketing offers, or to store a user name or encrypted identification number so that you do not have to provide this information every time you return to our website.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Ardán is dedicated to the security and privacy of information entrusted to us. We take our obligations as a data processor for our customers very seriously. This means we process personal data on behalf of and under the instructions of our clients, based on the contractual agreements we have with them. We consider this data confidential and only use it for the purposes outlined in those agreements.
Data Processing Activities:
As part of our services, Ardán receives, processes, stores, and transmits information provided by various individuals including game developers, film producers, film makers, crew, and other industry talents through various initiatives and funding schemes. This typically includes the following:
Data Sharing and Security:
We process and format this data according to our clients’ instructions and transmit it to authorized third-party systems, such as:
We only share data with these third parties as instructed by our clients and implement appropriate security measures to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the data throughout its lifecycle.
Exercising Your Data Rights:
To manage your personal data and exercise your data protection rights, please contact the relevant controller of the initiative as indicated on their website. If you encounter difficulties, you can also contact Ardán at info@ardan.ie, and we will do our best to assist you.
If you tell us that you do not want us to use your information to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your request, we will respect your wishes.
If you have a question about this Privacy Statement or Ardán’s handling of your information, if you wish to obtain a copy of information stored by Ardán, or if you become aware the information is incorrect and you would like us to correct it you can send an email to info@ardan.ie
Data Protection Contact
Ardán
CREW Hub
Wellpark Road,
Galway City,
Ireland,
H918K85