Data Protection (Privacy)
DATA PROTECTION (Privacy)
1. Promoter and Data Controller
The promoter and data controller of personal data collected through this website is:Unilever Ireland Ltd.,
20 Riverwalk
National Digital Park
Citywest Business Campus
Dublin 24, Ireland
www.unilever.ie
2. Privacy Notice: Collection and Use of Personal Information
2. Personal data and its uses(a) What we collect and why
When referring to "personal data", we mean information we collect from you, from which you may be personally identified. Typically, this may include your name, address, telephone number (including mobile number), credit card information, screen name, email address, age, sex and family status, but may also include other information such as shopping habits and preferences and lifestyle details such as hobbies and interests. Please be assured that we will not collect any personal data from your visits to our site unless you provide this information voluntarily.When you supply personal data to us through this website, it will be clear what we plan to use the data for and we will seek your consent to such use. We will then use it only for such purposes. Typical purposes are as follows:
(i) Answering your queries
Where you send us personal data in the context of asking us a question or query (for example, about the company, or its products or services or their quality or availability), we shall use the data you provide in order to respond to your question. In some cases, it may be necessary to share your details with other members of the Unilever Group, or with other third party data processors.(ii) Entering a promotion
We may use personal data submitted in an entry form for a promotion for the purpose of administering the promotion in accordance with its stated rules. Such rules may require the publication of abbreviated winners’ identity details, and may require winners to participate in future publicity. The promotion may be administered by third party agencies on our behalf, which may have access to the data you submit (see data processors).(iii) Fulfilling a contract/order
We may use personal data you submit to us when ordering goods or services from us for the purpose of fulfilling that order, and it may be necessary for us to share such data with third parties such as the card payment services provider or carrier of goods.(iv) Future direct marketing
Where you elect to receive such material, we will from time to time send you information and/or offers about our goods and/or services which we believe may be of interest to you. If you agree, we may also share your data with or pass it to other companies in the Unilever Group and other carefully selected companies who may wish to send you information and/or offers about their goods/services, as stated at the time we collect your data. At any time, however, you may unsubscribe from (“opt out” of) such future contact.(b) Processing outside the EEA
This website is hosted in the United States by a hosting organisation, currently Syntegra (USA) Inc. The United States currently has no federal law protecting personal data, but the hosting organisation is contractually bound to implement measures to help protect your personal data and not to process such data except in accordance with our instructions. Any future hosting organisation used in relation to this site will be similarly bound.If you have submitted personal information through this website and wish us to cease using it for the purposes submitted, please contact us at HB Ice cream on + 353 (01) 291 4000.
3. Cookies etc
(a) Use of cookies
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are.A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
When you visit our website we send you a cookie. Cookies may be used in the following ways:
- To help us recognise you as a unique visitor (just a number) when you return to our website and to allow us to tailor content or advertisements to match your preferred interests or to avoid showing you the same adverts repeatedly.
- To compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use our site and to help us improve the structure of our website. We cannot identify you personally in this way.
(b) Use of web beacons
Some of our website pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes known as clear gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited these pages. Web beacons collect only limited information which includes a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides. We may also carry web beacons placed by third party advertisers. These web beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of a particular campaign. Because web beacons are the same as any other content request included in the recipe for a web page, you cannot opt out or refuse them. However, where they are used in conjunction with cookies they can be rendered ineffective by either opting out of cookies or by changing the cookie setting on your browser.(c) Disabling/enabling cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled.There are a number of ways to manage cookies. If you use different computers in different locations you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. Some modern browsers have a feature that will analyse website privacy policies and allow a user to control their privacy needs. These are known as "P3P" features (Privacy Preferences Platform). You can easily delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser. For example, if you are using Microsoft Windows Explorer:
- Open 'Windows Explorer'
- Click on the 'Search' button on the tool bar
- Type "cookie" into the search box for 'Folders and Files'
- Select 'My Computer' in the 'Look In' box
- Click 'Search Now' and double click on the folders that are found
- 'Select' any cookie file
- Hit the 'Delete' button on your keyboard
If you are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, then you should select "cookies" in the "Help" function for information on where to find your cookie folder.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau is an industry body which develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. Its website at www.allaboutcookies.org gives further details about cookies, web beacons and suchlike, and explains how they can be managed and disabled.
4. Unilever Group
We are a member of the Unilever PLC/NV Group of companies.The Unilever PLC/NV Group is one of the world's largest consumer products groups, marketing a wide range of foods and home and personal care products. Our purpose is to meet the everyday needs of people everywhere.
Unilever's major group companies and their brands/products in the Republic of Ireland are:
| Company: | Brands: | |||
| Unilever Ireland Ltd | HB, Magnum, Cornetto, Feast, Solero, Frusi, Carte D'Or, Ben & Jerry's | |||
| Persil, Surf, Comfort, Cif, Domestos, Sun, Sure, Dove, Lynx, Impulse, Vaseline, Timotei, Sunsilk, Quix, Ponds, Lux. Lyons Tea, Flora, Flora pro.activ, Hellmann's, Pot Noodle, Jif, Peperami, Colman's, Knorr, Slimfast. Company Lipton Soft Drinks Ireland Ltd |
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Unilever Ireland Ltd
+ 353 (01) 291 4000
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