SOILSIÚ GEIMHRIDH BHAILE ÁTHA CLIATH
Lógó soilsiú geimhridh bhaile átha cliath
Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath’s Dublin City Council’s logo showing our three castles and the liffey waves in a shield shape

Privacy Policy

CÉ MUID FÉIN

Sa ráiteas príobháideachais seo, tagraítear don suíomh gréasáin dublinwinterlights.ie, atá á oibriú ag Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath.

Féachann Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath le forbairt eacnamaíoch, shóisialta agus chultúrtha Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath a chur chun cinn agus, ar an gcaoi sin, le cur go mór le caighdeán maireachtála mhuintir Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath.

The delivery of high-quality services, tailored to meet the needs of all our customers, remains one of Dublin City Council’s core objectives and is included in our Corporate Plan. This quality service includes not only the level and quality of service given to our customers, but also the quality of our decision-making processes, the efficiency and effectiveness of our corporate operations, the standard of our facilities and our ability to adapt in an ever-changing environment.

In order to provide the most effective and targeted range of services to meet the needs of the citizens, communities and businesses of Dublin city, we are required to collect, process and use certain types of information about people and organisations. Depending on the service being sought or provided, this information may include ‘personal data’ as defined by the Data Protection Acts and by the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR). The personal data may relate to past and future service users; past, current and prospective employees; suppliers and members of the public who may engage in communications with Dublin City Council. In addition, Dublin City Council may need, from time to time, to collect, process and use certain types of personal data to comply with regulatory or legislative requirements, or as otherwise reasonably required for the performance of our functions.

CAD CHUIGE A BHFUIL RÁITEAS PRÍOBHÁIDEACHAIS AGAINN?

Dublin City Council has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy, and to assure you that in all your dealings with Dublin City Council, we will endeavour to ensure the security of the data you provide.

Dublin City Council creates, collects and processes a significant amount of personal data in various formats daily. This data may be submitted by you through application forms or our website, or through correspondence with you. We may also obtain information about you from other sources, such as government departments or other statutory bodies, from other third parties (including members of the public) and from public sources where required. Dublin City Council commits to using personal data, which is:

Occasionally, we may be required to contact you. When you provide personal data to one department within Dublin City Council, it may be shared with other departments within the Council as long as such internal sharing is relevant, proportionate and reasonably necessary for the performance of our statutory functions. Examples of when departments within Dublin City Council may share information include:

Dublin City Council may also share your information with other organisations, where necessary, and permitted or required by applicable law, including other public authorities and bodies. Personal data may also be shared with third-party data processors responsible for supporting the Council’s operations.

Is é an príomhbhunús dlí le do shonraí pearsanta a phróiseáil ná (i) go bhfuil an phróiseáil sin riachtanach chun ár n-oibleagáidí dlíthiúla a chomhlíonadh agus/nó (ii) gur gá dúinn ár gcúraimí a chur i gcrích ar mhaithe le leas an phobail agus/nó i bhfeidhmiú údaráis oifigiúil atá dílsithe dúinn.

We will retain your personal data only for as long as we require it for the performance of our functions, after which time it will be deleted by appropriate and secure methods. In the unlikely event that we are required to transfer your data outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we will only do so where we can secure the transfer with appropriate safeguards and where we have a legal right to do so.

CÉARD IAD NA SONRAÍ PEARSANTA ATÁ AG TEASTÁIL UAINN?

Na cineálacha sonraí pearsanta a n-iarrfar ort iad a sholáthar, is féidir iad a aicmiú mar seo a leanas.

SONRAÍ TEAGMHÁLA

In order to communicate with you, you will be asked for your contact details. You do not have to provide all contact details, but providing more, such as email, phone, and address, makes it easier to communicate.

SONRAÍ FAOI CHÚINSÍ PEARSANTA

Suppose you wish to apply for a particular service from the local authority. In that case, you will be asked for a varying amount of personal details specific to you and your family, to support your application. Dublin City Council has set out the information we require in a series of separate and distinct application forms relevant to each service. Specific details of processing for each service will be set out in the respective application forms.

SONRAÍ AIRGEADAIS

Suppose you wish to apply for a particular service from the local authority. In that case, you may be asked for a varying amount of personal financial details specific to you and your family, to support your application. Dublin City Council will set out the information we require in a series of separate and distinct application forms relevant to each service.

TAIFID A CHOINNEÁIL

Dublin City Council retains personal information for as long as is necessary. The department holding your personal data will provide more details to you about how long your personal data is held.

DO CHEARTA

Tá na cearta seo a leanas agat, i gcúinsí áirithe agus faoi réir díolúintí infheidhme, maidir le do shonraí pearsanta:

Tabhair faoi deara, chun cabhrú le do phríobháideachas a chosaint, go nglacaimid bearta chun d’aitheantas a fhíorú sula ndeonaítear rochtain ar shonraí pearsanta.

Más mian leat aon cheann de na cearta seo a fheidhmiú, cuir iarratas isteach chuig á Data Protection Officerina leagtar amach sonraí sonracha an iarratais.

Próiseálfar gach iarratas bailí gan moill mhíchuí agus, in aon chás, laistigh d’aon mhí amháin tar éis an t-iarratas a fháil. Féadfar síneadh suas le dhá mhí eile a chur leis an tréimhse sin más gá.

CEART CHUN GEARÁN A CHUR FAOI BHRÁID OIFIG AN CHOIMISIÚIN UM CHOSAINT SONRAÍ

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the response you received from Dublin City Council in relation to your request, then you are entitled to make a complaint to the Data Protection Commission, which may investigate the matter for you.

Is é www.dataprotection.ie, or you can contact their Office at:

AN COIMISIÚN UM CHOSAINT SONRAÍ

Uimhir Teileafóin

Lo Call Number: 1890 252 231

Seoladh Ríomhphoist

[email protected]

SUÍOMHANNA GRÉASÁIN EILE

Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy statement only applies to this website and the services operated by the Council. When you link to other websites, you should read their own privacy policies.

ATHRUITHE AR ÁR RÁITEAS PRÍOBHÁIDEACHAIS

We keep our privacy statement under regular review, and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 26 August 2025.

DLÍ RIALAITHE AGUS DLÍNSE

Is faoi dhlí na hÉireann amháin a rialaítear an ráiteas príobháideachais seo agus gach saincheist a bhaineann leis an suíomh gréasáin seo agus tá siad faoi réir dhlínse eisiach chúirteanna na hÉireann.

AN CHAOI LE TEAGMHÁIL A DHÉANAMH LINN

Má tá aon cheist agat a bhaineann le Ráiteas Príobháideachais Chomhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath nó le polasaithe maidir le Cosanta Sonraí, déan teagmháil lenár Data Protection Officer.

Accessibility Statement

Statement of Commitment

  • This statement was updated on 09 September 2026
  • Dublin City Council is committed to making the Dublin Liffey Festival website accessible, in accordance with the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020.
  • We are committed to achieving the AA standard under WCAG 2.1 guidelines.
  • This accessibility statement applies to the Dublin Liffey Festival website only – not other websites or subdomains.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

Non-accessible content

  • PDFs: Some documents are published as PDFs – which are less accessible than HTML pages for people using assistive technologies.
  • Videos: may not contain captions/transcripts or other accessibility features.

How we test the dublinliffeyfestival.ie site

We use the WCAG level AA guidelines to test how accessible https://dublinliffeyfestival.ie/ is. We used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach to assess the site. We have completed accessibility audits on every page of the Dublin Liffey Festival website.

Some of the tools used for the audit process are:

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will work with partners to publish HTML pages instead of less accessible formats like PDF when possible. When possible, we will add captions/transcripts to the videos.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact [email protected]

Escalation of a complaint

If you are not happy with the response, then you can make a complaint to the Ombudsman under the Disability Act.