Privacy Policy

This website is maintained by the Department of Transport on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard. The Department of Transport fully respects your right to privacy and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear and explicit permission.

Any personal data which is processed will be treated securely and confidentially in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988–2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This statement relates to our privacy practices in connection with this website. Some technical terms used in this statement are explained at the end of this page.

Collection and use of personal information

This website does not require users to provide personal data such as names, email addresses, or other directly identifiable information. Users can browse the website anonymously.

Limited technical data may be collected where users provide consent, as described below.

Information we routinely collect

Where users consent, we may collect limited information automatically from each user of this site, including:

  • Statistical information (e.g. anonymised IP address, device type, browser version, pages visited)
  • The previous website address from which you reached the site, including any search terms used

What we use the information for?

The information collected is used solely for:

  • Analysing website usage and performance
  • Improving content, navigation, and accessibility

We do not attempt to identify individual visitors and do not associate technical data with any identifiable individual.

Disclosure of Information

It is the policy of the Department not to disclose information relating to individual website users to third parties, unless:

  • Explicit consent has been provided
  • We are required to do so by law

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of information stored in simple text files and placed on your device by a website. Some cookies can be read by the website on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing activity on the website or a unique identifier that allows the website to recognise your device on return visits. Other cookies are deleted when you close your browser and relate only to the operation of the website.

Cookies do not generally contain personal information from which you can be directly identified, unless you have chosen to provide such information to a website.

For more information on the cookies we use, please visit our Cookies Statement page.

Your Rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

  • The right to access your personal data
  • The right to request correction or deletion of your data
  • The right to restrict or object to processing

As this website does not collect directly identifiable personal data in most cases, these rights may be limited in practice.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about how your data is processed, you may contact:

Coast Guard Administration
admin@coastguard.gov.ie

Department of Transport – Customer Service
info@transport.gov.ie

Press Office
press.office@transport.gov.ie

Amendments to this Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in legal or operational requirements.