Irish Trademark Agents - Irish and European Trademark and Design Attorneys

Privacy Policy

About our policy

TMR Fitzsimons is committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our websites. You can read our policy to see how your information will be treated. Because our policy might change from time to time you should check it regularly if you have any concerns. However, if we ever make a significant change to our policy we will clearly notify it to you when you use our websites.

Who we are

TMR Fitzsimons is a trading name of Michael Fitzsimons: Irish Business Name, Registered No. 468669. It is a law firm regulated by the Law Society of Ireland: Law Society Law Firm No. F7586. Michael Fitzsimons is a practicing solicitor, and Irish and European trademark agent and design right agent.

We can be contacted at Unit 20, Workspace Centre, Mayoralty Street, Drogheda, Co.Louth; Telephone: 041 9836846; Fax: 041 9865694; Email: info@tmrmarks.ie.

Where do we store information

Information in hard copy is held at our premises or at off-site storage locations in the Republic of Ireland. Some of our online services and some client documents are stored electronically. Our Netdocuments service stores data in servers based in the UK. Our website is hosted with an Irish ISP host.

The personal information that we collect

We do not collect any information that can personally identify anyone visiting our websites unless you choose to provide that information by contacting us through the provided form. We do not make you provide any personal information in order to use the public areas of this website.

We may collect your name, email address, organisation name and telephone contact number for the purpose of sending you information requested by you on our website. We will only use those personal details for that purpose, unless you indicate that you want us to send you occasional updates and newsletters from time to time. If you later decide that you do not want to receive this material, please notify us at info@tmrmarks.ie.

If you order or purchase services from our websites we will collect your name, email address, organisation name and contact telephone number. If we ever ask you for credit card information when you purchase services form our website we will only do so on pages with SSL encryption. Credit card information is not stored online.

Your IP addresses and cookies

An IP address is a unique number assigned to each computer connected to the internet. It is used to allow your computer to communicate over the internet. The IP address assigned to your computer may remain the same whenever you use that computer to connect to the internet.

The IP address will not allow a user to be identified, but it may enable us to identify which organisations have visited our websites. When you visit our websites our internet host provider’s server will record the IP address together with the date, time and duration of the visit. This information will be available to us.

This information is recorded by a “session” cookie. The cookie will track what pages you visit on our site and how you use our site. A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer’s hard disk or on a website server. It does not retrieve information about you stored on your hard drive and will not corrupt or damage your computer or computer files. You are not obliged to accept the cookie and you can modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. This may limit the way you can use our websites.

We do not link session cookies with personally identifiable information. We will only use information obtained by session cookies to see how users use our site to help us evaluate and improve our site.

We offer clients the opportunity to use a cloud file storage and collaboration service provided by Netdocuments. You can read the Netdocuments privacy policy here.

If you elect to use our Netdocuments service, when you log on a personal session cookie will be created and will be used to track your usage of the Netdocuments service. It is not possible to use the full Netdocuments services if you disable cookies on your computer.

If after you have elected to be registered for the service, but before using the service for the first time, you can choose not to accept the Netdocuments Terms of Use and its Privacy Policy by not clicking on the link contained in the welcome email. In this case, your account will remain inactive.

You can ask us for access to, to correct and to erase your personal information

You are entitled, subject to certain exemptions, to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to correct any inaccuracies in such data. If you want to request information about your personal information, you can ask us at info@tmrmarks.ie.

Please understand that we will have to take reasonable steps to confirm your identity before providing copies of your personal information to you.

Security Features

We use up-to-date data storage and security techniques to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

All our employees and any third parties we engage to process your personal information are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your information.

Your rights

You have the right to apply for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small administration fee) and to have any inaccurate information about you corrected.

Other policies that you may need to read

You can also read our terms of use of our websites. If you intend to obtain services from us you should read our terms of service.

Ask us

If you have any questions about our policy you can email us at info@tmrmarks.ie.

 

Thank you.

Michael Fitzsimons