Privacy Statement

This statement relates to the privacy practices of The Irish Homebuilders Association (“IHBA”) and the Construction Industry Federation (“CIF”) in connection with this website.  We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites.  Any external links to other websites will be clearly identifiable as such.
IHBA and CIF fully respect your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear knowledge and permission.  Any personal information which you volunteer to IHBA and CIF will be treated strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003.

Collection and use of personal information     
We will collect no personally identifying information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.  The information we collect depends on what you do when visiting our website.  
If you visit our website to browse, read or download we automatically collect and store the following information about you:

• the IP address from which you access our website (an IP address is the number automatically assigned to your computer when you are surfing the web);
• the top-level domain name used (for example .ie, .com, .org, .net);
• the type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
• the date and time of your access to our site;
• the pages you visit; and
• the previous website address from which you reached us, including any search terms used. 

We use this information to help us make our website more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our website and the type of technology which our visitors use.  We do not track or record information about individuals on their visits.  We may compile and report aggregate statistics about our users in terms of numbers, traffic patterns and related site information.  Any such statistics will not include any personally identifying information. 
You may choose to provide us with personal data (e.g. name, email and postal address) in an email message to the address listed on our site. We use these details solely for the purpose of dealing with your query.

Right of Access
You have the right, subject to certain exemptions, to obtain a copy of any personal data we hold about you and to correct any inaccuracies in such data.  If you wish to avail of any of these rights, please contact us at: ihba@cif.ie