Ballymotoring takes their obligations under the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) together with our continued privacy commitment to our Clients and Prospective Clients seriously and we believe that Clients and Visitors to our website should be appraised of our privacy policies.

We normally collect or use information from you or others only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may have a legal obligation to collect or retain personal information or may need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person.

There are instances in which we invite or request individuals to provide us with their personal data, including through our websites or social media presence. In addition, individuals may volunteer information that comprises personal data to us by means of other communication such as telephone, email, or as explained through our website or social media presence.

In providing our driving lessons, we may also indirectly receive personal data. Categories of personal data may include: names, addresses, contact information, email addresses and other information that is relevant to the provision of our services. The information that is communicated in connection with the provision of services is subject to our client confidentiality obligations and may be protected by professional legal privilege.

The purposes for which we use personal data and the legal basis for which that processing is necessary and/or permitted are:

Purpose: communicating with you, our clients in the course of our business, managing our business.

Legal basis: to support our legitimate interest in managing our business and providing services to our clients and performing our contractual obligations provided such interests are not overridden by the right and interest of the data subjects concerned.

Legal Basis: to Perform or enter into a Contract with the Data Subject and to support our legitimate interest in managing our business and providing services to our clients and performing our contractual obligations provided such interests are not overridden by the right and interest of the data subjects concerned.

In relation to personal data we will retain same only for as long as necessary for the purposes for with which it was collected and as long as we have a legitimate business interest to retain the data; as required by law or regulatory guidance to which we are subject; and for the exercise or defence of legal claims that may be brought by or against us.

Please note that we may disclose personal data to third parties who provide a service to us, to a public authority in the event that we are compelled to do so by a court of relevant jurisdiction or by statute, where we are under a legal obligation to transfer it to a third party.

Please note that there will be limited situations in which it will be necessary to transfer personal data outside of the EEA, in that event we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are provided to protect the privacy and integrity of such personal data and will review standard contractual clauses under article 46.2 of the GDPR.

Please note that we may use third parties to process personal data outside of the EEA. In that event, we shall ensure that any third-party service provider subscribes to EU Model Clauses to ensure that appropriate safeguards are provided to protect the privacy and integrity of such personal data.

You may request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal data, or restriction of processing, object to processing of your personal data as well as the right to data portability.

Please note that in each particular case, these rights are subject to restrictions as provided for by law.

The right of access which will enable you to receive a copy of your personal data.

The right to restrict processing will enable you to request that we hold the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

The right to object will enable you to object to us processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests or those of a third party.

The right to data portability will enable you to request us to transmit personal data that you have provided to us to a third party without interference or to give you a copy of the said data so that you can transmit the said data to a third party when this is technically possible.

The right to erasure enables you to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances (subject to legal requirements to retain information for a certain period).

You have the right to complaint with the Data Protection Authority in the Member State of your residence or place of work or place of an alleged data breach if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the General Data Protection Regulations.

If you want to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us at +353 89 476 9187 / contactballymotoring.com and we will respond to your request within one month. This one-month period may be extended by a further two months where necessary. We will inform you of any such extension within one month of receipt of your request.

In certain circumstances, you may be requested to provide proof of identification to verify your request. We may have a right to refuse your request where there is a basis to do so in law or if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive or to the extent necessary for important objectives of public interest.

Ballymotoring uses a variety of security technologies, internal measures, and procedures to secure your personal data from unauthorized access and use. We have implemented internal privacy and security policies to safeguard your personal data. However, please note that although Ballymotoring has implemented security measures both physical and technological we cannot guarantee that our system will be 100% completely secure.

We will continue to revise our internal policies and security measures and endeavour to obtain adequate levels of protection continuously. However we cannot guarantee that information which you supply will not be intercepted by a third party whilst being transmitted through the Internet or otherwise. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal data which is transmitted to our website, any transmission of your personal data through our Website is done so at your own risk.

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Statement from time to time at our sole discretion. If any changes are made to our Privacy Policy, we shall provide the date in which the same was last updated.

Any questions, comments, or suggestions in relation to our Privacy Statement and the personal data Ballymotoring hold should be addressed to email here 105 Easton Green, Easton Meadows, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, W23 XK63, Ireland / contactballymotoring.com. or in writing to Ballymotoring, 105, Easton Green, Leixlip, County Kildare.