Privacy Notice

Allen Reilly & Co is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy.

At Allen Reilly & Co we collect personal information about you and are committed to protecting this information and your privacy. This privacy notice describes how we collect, use, store and safeguard your personal information. It applies if you are a client (current, former or potential), visit our website www.allenreilly.com, email, call, write to us, or visit us in person.

Who are we?

When we talk about Allen Reilly & Co, or “us” or “we” in this notice, we are talking about Allen Reilly Accounting Limited of Rathbody, Reaghstown, Ardee, Co. Louth A92 YF97 and we are the data controller for the purposes of the DataProtection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you.

Allen Reilly & Co is an Irish registered company providing accountancy, bookkeeping and taxation services.

What personal information do we collect about you?

As part of providing our services, we collect the following personal information:

• Identity & contact information - name, date of birth, address, marital status, email address, telephone/mobile number
• Official information – PPSN, copies of passport, copies of driving licence, social security card
• Bank & financial information – income details, account details, bank statements, financial statements
• Medical information which is provided by you for specific taxation purposes.

How is your personal information collected?

We collect personal information directly from you as you have appointed us as your advisor. We may also obtain personal data about you from other sources such as public registers, government and regulatory authorities and other financial and taxation advisors.

How we use your personal information?

We use your personal information for a variety of different reasons. The legal basis for this processing will depend upon the purpose, for example:

• You have entered into an agreement with us to provide you with accountancy, book keeping and taxation services
• Comply with legal obligations.

Who we share personal information with?

There may be situations where it is necessary for us to share some of your information with others, for example:

• Your authorised representatives
• Third parties - when you ask us to
• Statutory and regulatory bodies
• Within Allen Reilly & Co to help us provide our services.

Where personal data is shared, we ensure appropriate technical and organisational safeguards are used to protect your personal data.

We do not share your information with any organisation outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”).

How do we keep your information secure?

We are committed to holding your personal information securely. Our security measures comply with the law and international standards, access is given only to those that need it and our computers, files and buildings are secure.

How long will we keep your information for?

We will not hold your personal information for longer than is necessary. We retain your personal information for as long as we need it for the purposes described in this notice or to comply with our obligations under applicable law and, if relevant, to deal with any claim or dispute that might arise between you and us.        

Your rights

You have a range of rights under data protection law in relation to the way we process your personal information, including:

• Right to request access to a copy of your personal data
• Right to have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete
• Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) in certain scenarios
• Right to restriction of processing, in certain scenarios
• Right to data portability, only applies to data you have provided to us
• Right to object to processing, including automated decision making.

We do not make decisions about you automatically, or carry out profiling.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to help provide you with the best experience we can. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone when you browse websites. No information is collected that could be used by us to identify you.This website uses session cookies. Session cookies are used to deliver the basic functions of a website i.e. to allow pages to remember technical changes or selections you may make between pages. Session cookies are temporary cookies and are generally erased when you close your browser. This website does not use any third party or persistent cookies.

Changes to our privacy notice

Allen Reilly & Co keeps its privacy statement under regular review and places any updates on this web page.This privacy notice was last updated in November 2019.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about AllenReilly & Co’s privacy notice, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us. You may contact our Data Protection Officer on allen@allenreilly.com or in writing to DataProtection Officer, Allen Reilly & Co, Rathbody, Reaghstown, Ardee, Co.Louth A92 YF97.

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Allen Reilly & Co has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Data Protection Commission through their website https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/contact/how-contact-us