Privacy Policy
This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this website. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such. Some technical terms used in this statement are explained at the end of this page.
General statement
The IPAV fully respects your right to privacy, and will not collect, use or share your personal information in a manner that differs from what is described within this Privacy Statement and within the registration opt-in statement without your prior consent. Any personal information which you volunteer to the Institute will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with applicable data protection and ePrivacy laws.
Collection and use of personal information
The IPAV does not collect any personal data about you on this website, apart from information which you volunteer (for example by making an application for membership, by e-mailing us, by using our online feedback form or by making a credit card payment. Any information which you provide in this way is not made available to any third parties, and is used by the IPAV only in line with the purpose for which you provided it.
Use of your personal information
- – Facilitate communication between yourself and others
- – To process your applications
- – To process payments for CPD courses
Use of third parties to process your personal information
We do not share your personal data with third parties.
Collection and use of technical information
This website uses cookies to enhance the experience of its users. We use cookies to allow us to find out how people use this site. Cookies are small files that are placed on your device, for example, on your mobile phone or computer. The cookies we use cannot be used to identify you personally. Please refer to to our Cookies Policy for more information about the use of Cookies on our website.
Visitors can use this website with no loss of functionality if cookies are disabled from the web browser. Technical details in connection with visits to this website are logged by our internet service provider for our statistical purposes. No information is collected that could be used by us to personally identify website visitors.
The IPAV will make no attempt to identify individual visitors, or to associate the technical details obtained with any individual. It is the policy of the IPAV never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party (apart from our internet service provider, which records such data on our behalf and which is bound by confidentiality provisions in this regard), unless obliged to disclose such information by law. The technical information will be used only by the IPAV, and only for statistical and other administrative purposes. You should note that technical details, which we cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute “personal data” for the purposes of the applicable data protection law.
The cookies we use are as follows:
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Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 2 years
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Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 30 minutes
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Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: when user exits browser
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Typical content: randomly generated number and information about how the page was reached (e.g. directly or via a link or organic search)
Expires: 6 months Cookies set by Google Analytics
Name: has_js
Typical content: whether the user’s browser supports Javascript
Expires: when user exits browser
Glossary of technical terms used
Web browser: The piece of software you use to read web pages. Examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera.
Cookies: Small pieces of information, stored in simple text files, placed on your computer by a web site. Cookies can be read by the web site on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the web page, or a unique identification number so that the web site can “remember” you on your return visit. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the website.
Your Rights
To the extent provided by applicable law, you may have the right to obtain confirmation that we hold personal data or other information about you, request access to and receive information about the personal data we maintain about you, receive copies of the personal data we maintain about you, update and correct inaccuracies in your personal data, object and withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data and have the information edited, deleted or have processing of this data limited. The right to access personal data may be limited in some circumstances by legal requirements. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the methods listed below. Upon your request, we will take reasonable efforts to delete all of your personal data and non-identifiable information that you have provided to us, though we cannot delete any aggregate or otherwise non-indefinable information derived from your personal data or from your use of our services. If you provide us with any information or material relating to another person(s), you are responsible for making sure that the sharing with us and our further use as described to you from time to time is in line with applicable laws.
To invoke your rights you should contact us via the contact details provided.
If you believe it necessary you may also lodge a complaint about the way we have processed your personal data, with the Data Protection Commission, and you can contact them on info@dataprotection.ie
Contact us by:
Post: Data Protection Manager, IPAV, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
By email on Info@IPAV.ie
By Telephone: +353 +1 6785685
Terms and Conditions
Access to this web site is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with the terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers contained in this document (known as "Terms and Conditions"). Your use of, and/or access to, the site constitutes your agreement to the Terms and Conditions.
The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (“IPAV”) reserves the right to amend the Terms and Conditions at any time. Since you are bound by these Terms and Conditions, you should periodically refer to them in this document and elsewhere on the site.
Copyright & Trade Marks
Intellectual property and restrictions on use of Content on the Site All information, text, material, graphics and advertisements on the Site (“Content”) are Copyright © IPAV, its suppliers and/or licensors unless expressly indicated otherwise on the Site.
You must not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, frame, upload to a third party, post, transmit or distribute this Content in any way except as expressly provided for on the Site or expressly authorised in writing by the IPAV. Strictly on the condition that you keep all Content intact and in the same form as presented on the Site (including without limitation all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices and all advertisements), you may:
(a) using an industry-standard Web browser, download and view the Content for your personal, non-commercial use, or
(b) if you are an Internet service and/or access provider, supply the Content to your subscriber.
You must not use the Site in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful or in any manner which violates any right of the IPAV or which is prohibited by the Terms of Use.
Trade Marks of the IPAV
All trade marks displayed on the Site are trademarks of the IPAV where applicable or their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting any license or right of use of any trademark displayed on the Site without the express written permission of the IPAV or third party owner.
Links
The Site contains hyperlinks and other pointers to Internet web sites operated by third parties. These linked web sites are not under the control of the IPAV, and the IPAV is not responsible for the contents of any linked web site or any hyperlink contained in a linked web site. The IPAV provides these hyperlinks to you as a convenience only, and the inclusion of any link does not imply any endorsement of the linked web site by the IPAV.
Limitation of liability
Under no circumstances (including but not limited to any act or omission on the part of the IPAV) will the IPAV be liable for any indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential damages or loss of profits whatsoever which result from any use or access of, or any inability to use or access, the Site or any Content. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the IPAV does not exert control over users of the Site (including individuals referred to on the Site as guests and experts) and is not liable either for their opinions or their behaviour including any information and/or advice and any defamatory statements or offensive conduct.
Online Services
In order to access our online Members’ area, you must be a paid member of the IPAV and be registered with a password. Members of the IPAV agree:
(a) To provide certain current complete and accurate information as prompted to do so by the Site, and
(b) To maintain and notify us of updates to this information as required to enable us to keep it current, complete and accurate.
In order to access our CPD portal, you must be registered with a password.
Members of the public can register to become a member of the IPAV by completing the online application form and providing the required information and documentation. On receipt of an online application form, the applicant must still go through normal channels to be accepted for membership. Once the applicant was accepted as a member, such person will be issued with a password to enable them to use the online Members’ Area.
You must take reasonable care to keep your password confidential. If you decide to tell someone your Password, they become your Nominee and are subject to these Conditions of Use. We recommend that you do not record your Password. If you do so, you are responsible for keeping any records of your Password secure and protected, and separate from any records of your username.
Payments
You are liable for all transactions carried out by you or by anyone carrying out a transaction with your authority or express or implied consent, regardless of when the transaction is processed to your account.
You should check your statements and records carefully. If you believe a transaction is wrong or unauthorised you should contact us immediately.
Web Site Availability
We will make all reasonable effort to ensure that the Site is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, electronic services are subject to interruption or breakdown. Therefore, access to our web site is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis only.
Other
The IPAV reserves the right to prevent your further access to the Site or any Content for violating these Terms and Conditions or the law.
The IPAV retains the right to terminate your rights to use the Site or any Content or restrict availability of or to discontinue the Site or any Content at anytime without cause, and without any liability to you.
This agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland. If any provision of this agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the remainder of the agreement, which will continue in full force and effect.
All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Acceptance of Terms and Conditions
Your use of this web site indicates your agreement to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.
Cookies Policy
The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers respects the privacy of all visitors to our website. This Cookie Policy outlines our policy concerning the use of cookies on www.ipav.ie. We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect any changes in technology or legislation which may affect the way in which cookies are used by us and how you as a user, can manage them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files sent from a website and stored in the user’s web browser while user is browsing a website. When users visit the same website again, the browser sends cookies back to the website allowing the website to recognise the user and remember things like personalised details or preferences. More information about cookies and details of how to manage or disable them can be found on www.aboutcookies.org. Please note that if you choose to opt-out of receiving cookies, you may lose some features and / or functionality of www.ipav.ie.
Which cookies does Company Name use?
When you use the www.ipav.ie website the following types of cookies can be set on your device: Strictly necessary cookies These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for. Some examples of these cookies include:
- Identifying you as being signed in to a website and keeping you logged in throughout your visit
- Remembering the content of your shopping cart while browsing an eCommerce website.
These cookies don’t usually contain any personally identifiable information and are typically set by websites to provide services such as eCommerce and log in facilities.
Our CMS, uses session cookies that can not be disabled.
Performance cookies
These cookies are used to collect statistical information about visitors of the website and the pages they view. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. The information these cookies collect is aggregated and used anonymously. We use these cookies to understand what content is popular which helps us to improve our website. For more information on how to manage cookies, including opt-out of performance cookies please visit: www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1
Functional cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced and more personal features. Some examples of such features include:
- – Remembering your preferences and settings such as redirect to mobile version of the site when you are browsing with a smart phone
- – Remembering your favourites when browsing particular websites
- – Remembering when you’ve voted in a poll or rated a something so that you don’t do this more than once during your visit.
If you have an account on a particular website, a cookie on your computer lets the website remember your user name and email address so you don’t have to enter it again when you are commenting or writing a review. Other examples of services that use these type of cookies include PollDaddy, Pluck, or WordPress. For more information on how to manage cookies, including opting-out of functional cookies please visit: www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1
Targeting and advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website; this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation. Some examples of services that use these types of cookies include Google AdSense or DoubleClick.
If you wish to opt-out of targeting and advertising cookies please visit:www.youronlinechoices.com/ie/your-ad-choices
Other third party cookies
Some cookies that have been set on our websites are not related to The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers. When you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube or Facebook, these service providers may set their own cookies on your web browser. We do not control the use of these cookies and cannot access them due to the way that cookies work, as cookies can only be accessed by the party who originally set them. You should check the third party websites for more information about these cookies.
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