1. Our Privacy Policy
Green Biofuels Ireland Limited is a leading supplier of Bio Diesel, Glycerol, Potassium Sulphate, and other Biofuel products throughout Ireland. The General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR) is one of the most significant pieces of legislation affecting the way that Green Biofuels Ireland Limited carries out its information processing activities. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to set out the relevant legislation and to describe the steps it is taking to ensure that it complies with it.
This Privacy Policy has been updated to ensure Green Biofuels Ireland Limited’s compliance with GDPR.
Green Biofuels Ireland Limited’s details for the purposes of this policy are as follows: Our registered and business address is Marshmeadows, New Ross, Co. Wexford. You can contact us by post at the above address, by email at admin@gbi.ie or by telephone on 00353 51 447628 (referred to as “GBIL”, “we”, “us” and “our”).
This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us and your rights in relation to your personal data. GBIL is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations. If you are a Customer, Supplier, Distributor, Consultant, Advisor, Agent or other party who provides us with personal data this Privacy Policy supplements any data protection provisions contained in any contract with you and is not intended to override them. Where there is no contract, this Privacy Policy governs the basis on which the personal data is collected and processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data, how we will treat it and your data protection rights.
We are not required by law to have a data protection officer, so any enquiries about our use of your personal data should be addressed to the contact details of the relevant company above.
2. What personal data do we collect and process?
In operating its business GBIL will collect and gather the following categories of personal data:
➢ Identity Data such as first name, surname, gender, date of birth.
➢ Contact Data such as address, e-mail address, telephone number.
➢ Financial Data: such as your payment card details, bank details, VAT number, information about payments to and from you and other details of goods/ products you have purchased from us.
➢ Profile and Technical Data, in cases only where a GBIL website (www.gbi.ie) is used, such as your username and password, as internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology.
3. What principles we apply to the collection and processing of personal data?
In relation to personal data, we are committed to:
➢ Processing personal data fairly and lawfully in line with individuals’ rights;
➢ Keeping all personal data confidential, safe and secure;
➢ Making sure the data is accurate and kept up to date;
➢ Making sure that any personal data processed for a specific purpose are adequate, relevant and not excessive for that purpose;
➢ Removing irrelevant information as necessary.
4. How we use your personal data?
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
➢ Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
➢ Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
➢ Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Generally we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending direct marketing communications to you via email or otherwise. In such cases, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.
We do not request from you and we request you do not provide any special categories/sensitive personal data (e.g. personal data relating to racial or ethnic origin, political or religious opinions, membership of a trade union, physical or mental health or condition or sexual life or orientation). This type of personal data is subject to special protections under EU law.
We use your personal data in the following ways:
➢ We will collect and use your Identity; Contact; Profile and Financial Data to perform our contract with you (e.g. purchase of goods/services) and/or to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation.
➢ Only where our website(s) have been used, we will collect and use Profile and Technical for data analytics purposes to improve the Website, products/services, marketing, user/Customer relationships and experience. This is necessary for our legitimate interest to ensure any website content is presented in an effective manner for you and for your computer/device.
➢ Only where our website(s) have been used, we will collect and use Identity, Contact, Profile, Data to manage our relationship with you which will include notifying you about changes to our website, service, terms and/or Privacy Policy. This is necessary for us (i) to perform our contract with you; and (ii) to comply with a legal/regulatory obligation.
➢ We will collect and use Identity; Contact and Technical Data to administer and protect our business and our websites (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) which is necessary (i) for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) and (ii) to comply with a legal obligation.
5. Marketing
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you. However, you will receive marketing communications from us only if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us or if you provided us with your details when purchasing a product/service and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. You can opt out of any marketing communications from us at any time by notifying us on the details above.
6. How we use cookies
Please note that we use cookies when you use our website. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to restrict, block or delete cookies. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone’s handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
7. Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
8. Change of purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.