“Aisling Ghéar, founded in 1997 in West Belfast, represents the most sustained, innovative, and progressive theatrical experiment in Irish in recent decades.”

Prof. Brian O'Conchubhair The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre July 2016

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Privacy Policy

Your Privacy At Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company, we’re committed to protecting your privacy.

This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy. Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to brid@aislingghear.com or by writing to Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, 216 Falls Road BT12 6AH. Alternatively, you can give us a call on 028 9020 8040.

WHO ARE WE?

Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company is the Irish language theatre company in the North of Ireland. Based in Belfast, it is the resident theatre company in the Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich - an Irish language arts and cultural centre in West Belfast. The company’s mission is to make live theatre in Irish popular, locally, nationally and internationally Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company is a registered charity with the Northern Ireland Charity Commission: NI100841. We’re also a company limited by guarantee: NI032966. Our registered address is: Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich 216 Falls Road Belfast BT12 6AH

HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM YOU?

We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example, when you contact us about our work and the services we provide, or to make a donation, or if you register to receive one of our newsletters.

WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ABOUT YOU?

The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when. If you make a donation online or purchase a product from us, your card information is not held by us.

HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION USED?

We may use your information to: carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us; dealing with entries into a competition; seek your views or comments on the services we provide; notify you of changes to our services; send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include information about productions, education events, fundraising activities, or promotional offers. Deal with grant applications or job applications. We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations (for example the collection of Gift Aid). We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION?

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties. We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes. Third Party Service Providers working on our behalf: We may pass your information to our third party service providers, agents subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (for example to process donations). However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service purposes. We will never share your information without your knowledge or consent, unless we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.

YOUR CHOICES

You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about the exciting theatrical opportunities we create in Northern Ireland and further afield, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email: brid@aislingghear.com or telephone on 028 9020 8040.

HOW YOU CAN ACCESS AND UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION

The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at: brid@aislingghear.com or telephone on 028 9020 8040. You have the right to ask for a copy of the information Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company hold about you. If you request a copy of your information from us, we will respond to your request within 30 days.

SECURITY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE LOSS, MISUSE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR INFORMATION

When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely. Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

PROFILING We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information relevant to you.

USE OF 'COOKIES'

Like many other websites, the Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company website uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalised service. It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. Turning cookies of may result in a loss of functionality when using our website. 16 OR UNDER We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

TRANSFERRING YOUR INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF EUROPE

As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK, however, under the new GDPR guidelines, they will be required to operate within EU regulations. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy. If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.

REVIEW OF THIS POLICY

We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in March 2018.

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