Privacy & Cookies

Personal Data We Collect About You

RKD only collects personal data — such as your name, email address, telephone number or company — where you voluntarily submit it, for example when you contact us, subscribe to updates or apply for a job. You do not need to provide any personal information simply to browse this website.

Non-Personal Information We Collect About You

We collect statistical and analytical information on an aggregate basis for all visitors, including the time of your visit, your IP address and the pages you view. This aggregate data helps us understand how the website is used and improve the experience.

How We Use Your Personal Data

We use the personal data you provide to:

• Respond to your queries
• Provide services you have engaged us for
• Send you updates, publications and event details you have requested
• Consider your application for employment

We do not use any personal data for the purposes of automated decision making or profiling.

Legal Basis for Processing

Under the GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases:

• Consent — where you have opted in to receive updates, publications or non-essential cookies
• Contract — where processing is necessary to provide services you have engaged us for
• Legitimate interests — for aggregate site analytics, responding to enquiries and considering job applications, balanced against your rights and expectations
• Legal obligation — where we are required to retain or disclose information by law

Sharing Your Personal Data

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with your consent, with service providers who help us operate the site and our business (under appropriate safeguards), or where we are required to do so to comply in good faith with our legal or regulatory obligations.

Third-Party Processors

The following third parties process data on our behalf or as independent controllers of embedded content:

• Google (Google Analytics via Google Tag Manager) — aggregate usage analytics, only where you have accepted analytics cookies
• LinkedIn — where LinkedIn content is embedded on the site
• Our hosting provider — for delivery and operation of the website
• Email service providers — for handling enquiries and sending publications you have requested

International Data Transfers

Some of our processors (notably Google) may transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area, including to the United States. Where this occurs, we rely on the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework and/or Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission to ensure your data is protected to an equivalent standard.

Keeping Your Data Secure

We use industry standard physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the personal data we hold. However, no transmission of information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Retention of Data

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services, respond to your enquiry, or meet our legal and regulatory obligations. After that period the data is deleted or anonymised.

Your Rights in Relation to Your Personal Data

You have the right to:

• Withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal data
• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request that we correct any inaccurate personal data
• Object to, or restrict, our processing of your personal data
• Request that we erase your personal data
• Data portability
• Lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us in writing at the details below. We may need to verify your identity and ask you to specify the data your request relates to before we respond, and we will do so within one month of receiving your request.

Links to Third-Party Websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites. RKD is not responsible for the content, privacy practices or security of any third-party site, and this privacy statement does not apply to them.

What Is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your device. Cookies typically contain data related to the site you have visited, and allow the site to remember your preferences or deliver certain functionality.

Types of Cookies Used on This Website

Session cookies are temporary and are erased when you close your browser. They deliver basic functions during your active use of the site.

Persistent cookies are retained for a set period of time and enable functionality across visits.

First-Party Cookies

These are cookies set directly by rkd.ie and are used only to remember your cookie preferences.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party providers may set cookies on embedded content. On this site that includes Google (Google Analytics, when you have accepted analytics cookies) and LinkedIn (where LinkedIn content is embedded). We do not have access to these cookies.

Cookie Uses

This website uses cookies to:

• Remember your cookie preferences (essential)
• Measure aggregate visits and pages via Google Analytics (only with your consent)
• Embed content from social media platforms such as LinkedIn

Managing & Disabling Cookies

You can change your choice at any time using the Cookie preferences link in the footer of any page. You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Doing so may remove some features and functionality, but the website remains operable without cookies.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact us:

Email: mail@rkd.ie
Phone: +353 1 668 1055
Address: The Eight Building, 8 Newmarket, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 T2TX