Who we are
Our website address is: https://mtai.ie.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
If you send a message via the contact form on our contact us page, the message, email and name you have submitted will be emailed to [email protected]. Information you provide will be used only for the purpose of responding to your query. In order to prevent spam, reCAPTCHA from Google is used to verify that the contact form is being used by a human rather than an automate bot. reCAPTCHA checks for Google cookies present on the user’s browser and places a cookie on the user’s browser to analyse behaviour on the contact page. Use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s privacy policy and terms of service.
Cookies
If you log into the members area, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
You can disable the use of some or all of the cookies used by this and any other website in your browser settings, please check the support website for the internet browser you are using to visit our site. Disabling cookies may have an impact on your ability to make full use of all features of our website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We may use Google Analytics to understand and improve the user experience of our website. This is a website analytics service which gathers information about general user behaviour on the site, such as the pages viewed and the language used. A cookie is placed on the user’s browser to facilitate collecting and sending this information to Google. To learn more about Google’s use of this information see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en-GB&gl=uk. Please note we do not make use of Google Analytics Advertising features such as remarketing or demographics and interests reporting.
Who we share your data with
Information is shared with Google through the Google Analytics and reCAPTCHA services (see above).
How long we retain your data
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact information
For queries or data requests send an email to [email protected].