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Forest Branding and Digital Media Ltd. ("Forest Branding", "we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal data responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal data when you:
Forest Branding operates from Ireland and, where applicable, processes personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR"), the Data Protection Act 2018, the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011, and other applicable data protection laws.
This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Terms & Conditions and any other privacy or cookie notices we provide.
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
Forest Branding and Digital Media Ltd.
Company: Forest Branding and Digital Media Ltd
Address: Kilmacleague, Dunmore East, Waterford, X91 C2V9, Ireland
Website: forestbrandingdigital.com
For privacy-related enquiries, you can contact us using the details above.
The Irish Data Protection Commission recommends that privacy notices clearly identify the controller and explain why and how personal data is processed.
The personal data we collect depends on how you interact with us.
This may include:
When you become a client, we may process information relating to:
Where information supplied by a client contains personal data relating to that client's customers, employees, prospects, or other individuals, the allocation of controller and processor responsibilities will depend on the nature of the processing and the relevant agreement between the parties.
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:
Some of this information may constitute personal data under applicable law.
We may collect personal data:
Where we obtain personal data from a source other than you, we will take appropriate steps to provide the information required by applicable data protection law.
We use personal data for purposes including:
We may use information to:
If you contact us, we may use your information to:
We may process information to:
We may analyse website usage, campaign information and other data to understand how our services and website are being used and to improve them.
Where legally permitted, we may use personal data to send information about our services, insights, updates, events, or other relevant communications.
Electronic direct marketing in Ireland is subject to additional requirements under the ePrivacy Regulations.
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on one or more of the following legal bases under Article 6 of the GDPR:
We may process personal data where it is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you.
For example, we may need your contact and billing information to provide services and manage our relationship with you.
We may process personal data where necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
This may include accounting, taxation, record-keeping, regulatory, or legal requirements.
We may process personal data where necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
Our legitimate interests may include:
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider the potential impact on individuals and apply appropriate safeguards.
Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before processing personal data.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
The DPC identifies consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, and legitimate interests as the principal Article 6 legal bases.
We may send marketing communications where permitted by applicable law.
These may include:
Where consent is required for electronic direct marketing, we will obtain the appropriate consent.
Every electronic marketing communication will provide an appropriate way to opt out where required.
You can also contact us at our official email to request that we stop sending marketing communications.
Under Irish data protection law, individuals have a strong right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes, including related profiling.
Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, advertising technologies and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used for purposes such as:
Some cookies or similar technologies may be necessary for the website to operate properly.
Where an applicable legal exemption applies, consent may not be required.
Non-essential analytics, advertising, targeting and conversion-tracking technologies generally require consent under the applicable Irish ePrivacy rules.
The Irish DPC states that consent is normally required for cookies and similar technologies, except for limited exemptions such as strictly necessary technologies.
Where required, we will provide a cookie consent mechanism that allows you to accept, reject, or manage non-essential cookies.
Further information should also be provided in our Cookie Policy, where applicable.
We may use analytics services to understand how visitors use our website and to improve website performance.
These services may collect information such as:
We will configure analytics technologies in accordance with applicable data protection and ePrivacy requirements.
As a digital marketing company, we may use advertising platforms and measurement technologies on our own website for legitimate business and marketing purposes, subject to applicable law and consent requirements.
These may include services provided by platforms such as:
Depending on the technology used, these platforms may process information such as online identifiers, website interactions, advertising events, device information and conversion information.
Where consent is legally required, we will seek consent before activating the relevant technology.
We may operate social media profiles on third-party platforms.
If you interact with us through social media, the relevant platform may process your personal data independently.
The privacy practices of those platforms are governed by their own privacy policies.
We may receive information from social platforms where you interact with our pages, posts, advertisements, or messages, subject to the platform's settings and applicable law.
In providing marketing services, Forest Branding may process personal data supplied by clients.
For example, a client may provide information relating to:
Where Forest Branding processes personal data solely on a client's documented instructions, we may act as a data processor, and the client may act as the data controller, depending on the circumstances.
Where required, the parties will enter into an appropriate data processing agreement containing the terms required by Article 28 GDPR.
The exact controller/processor relationship will depend on the specific service and processing activity and should not be assumed solely from the general nature of the engagement.
We may use trusted third-party providers to operate our business and deliver our services.
These may include providers of:
Where these providers process personal data on our behalf, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the processing is governed by appropriate contractual and legal safeguards.
We may disclose personal data where necessary to:
We do not sell personal data as a general business practice.
We only disclose personal data where there is an appropriate legal basis and where the disclosure is relevant to the purpose for which the information is being processed.
Some of our service providers may process personal data outside Ireland or the European Economic Area ("EEA").
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable GDPR requirements.
Depending on the circumstances, safeguards may include:
Where applicable, further information about relevant international transfers and safeguards can be obtained by contacting us.
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may depend on:
For example, client and financial records may need to be retained for longer periods than general website enquiries.
Where a specific retention period is not appropriate, we may determine retention based on documented criteria.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against:
Security measures may include access controls, authentication, permissions management, secure systems, backups, staff procedures and other safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
If we become aware of a personal data breach, we will assess the breach and take appropriate action in accordance with applicable data protection law.
Where legally required, we will notify the Data Protection Commission and/or affected individuals within the applicable timeframes.
Subject to applicable legal conditions and exemptions, you may have the following rights:
Not every right applies in every situation, and certain legal exemptions or restrictions may apply.
The Irish DPC recognises rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection and withdrawal of consent, subject to the applicable legal conditions.
Please provide enough information for us to identify you and understand your request.
We may need to request additional information to verify your identity where reasonably necessary.
We will handle valid requests within the timeframe required by applicable law.
The DPC states that organisations should provide information relating to rights requests in a concise, transparent, understandable and accessible manner.
If you have concerns about how Forest Branding processes your personal data, we encourage you to contact us first so that we can investigate and attempt to resolve your concern.
The Data Protection Commission is the Irish supervisory authority responsible for data protection matters.
You may also have the right to contact another relevant supervisory authority where permitted under applicable GDPR rules.
Our services and website are primarily directed toward businesses and professional audiences.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal data from children through our website for purposes that are not appropriate or permitted under applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal data to us, please contact us so that we can assess and take appropriate action.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms or services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content or policies of third-party websites.
You should review the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal data.
Where we communicate with individuals in a professional or business capacity, we may process business contact information such as:
We may use this information to communicate about services, proposals, projects, business relationships and other legitimate business matters, subject to applicable data protection and direct marketing rules.
We may obtain professional or business information from publicly available sources where appropriate and lawful.
This may include information from:
Where required, we will provide the relevant privacy information required by GDPR.
Forest Branding does not currently intend to make decisions about individuals based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Where we use analytics, audience segmentation, advertising technologies or similar tools, these activities should not automatically be interpreted as solely automated decision-making producing legal or similarly significant effects.
If this changes, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any information required under applicable law.
Personal data should be distinguished from confidential business information.
Where you provide confidential business information to Forest Branding as part of a commercial relationship, we will handle that information in accordance with our contractual obligations and applicable law.
This Privacy Policy does not replace any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement that may apply to a particular relationship.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:
When we update this policy, we will revise the Last Updated date at the top of the document.
Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or seek consent before introducing material changes to how personal data is processed.
The Irish DPC recommends that privacy policies be treated as dynamic documents and reviewed regularly so they accurately reflect an organisation's actual processing activities.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your personal data, contact:
Forest Branding and Digital Media Ltd.
Company: Forest Branding and Digital Media Ltd
Address: Kilmacleague, Dunmore East, Waterford, X91 C2V9, Ireland
Website: forestbrandingdigital.com