Privacy policy · Dingle Heart Safe

Last updated: October 2026

Dingle Heart Safe operates as a volunteer-led Community First Responder (CFR) group in Dingle. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts.

1. Information we collect

We may collect and process the following data:

Contact information: Name, email address, phone number (when you contact us or apply to volunteer).
Volunteer data: Vetting information, training records, and certification status (processed securely as per NAS guidelines).
Website usage data: Anonymised analytical data such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited (via cookies).

2. How we use your information

We use your data strictly for legitimate operational purposes:

To respond to your enquiries.
To manage and coordinate our volunteer network.
To process membership/volunteer applications.
To maintain the functionality and security of our website.

3. Third-party services & links

Donations: We use iDonate for secure online fundraising. We do not collect or store any of your credit card or financial information. Please refer to iDonate’s Privacy Policy for how they handle your financial data.

External links: Our site contains links to external sites (e.g., Google Maps for AED locations). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external platforms.

4. Data retention

We only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, or as required by law (e.g., NAS training compliance).

5. Data security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including secure inboxes and restricted access.

6. Your GDPR rights

You have the right to access your personal data, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, object to processing, or withdraw consent.

7. Location and embedded services

Nearest AED finder: When you use the nearest AED finder, your device’s location is used once, on your device, to sort the AED list by distance and open directions. It is never sent to us or stored by us.

AED map: Our AED locations page embeds a Google My Maps map. Google may set cookies when the map loads.

Training videos: Our training videos load from YouTube’s privacy-enhanced (youtube-nocookie) player, and only when you press play. The preview images are loaded from YouTube’s image server.

Instagram posts: Our home and news pages show posts from our public Instagram account, @dingleheartsafe. The photos and video are stored on this website. If we switch on the live feed, the posts are delivered by Behold (behold.so), a service that relays our public Instagram posts, and your browser loads them from Behold. Links to Instagram open Instagram, which has its own privacy policy.

Background video: The workshop video that plays behind the home page and on the Join page is stored on this website, plays without sound and loads nothing from other services. It does not play if your device asks for reduced motion or data saving, and you can pause it at any time.