Certified disposal
For private and commercial customers
20 years of experience
.webp)
.webp)
Privacy Policy
- Introduction
This Privacy Notice is issued on behalf of Ace Skip Hire which we may hereto refer to as“we” “us” or “our”. Information contained in this Privacy Notice is directed towards AceSkip Hire waste utility customers and users of Ace Skip websites to inform them abouttheir privacy and consumer rights.
- Corporate Information
Ace Skip Hire is a trading name of Glon Recycling and Resource Management Limited, an Irish company, registration number 744918 with a registered business address at Loughdan, Roundwood, Wicklow, Co. Ireland.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Notice will inform you about how we collect and process your personal data when you use our services and/or visit our websites (regardless of where you visit it from).
Ace Skip Hire services and websites are not intended for use by children (16 years and below). We do not knowingly collect children’s data through our websites or utility services.
The terms of our Privacy Notice apply to Ace Skip Hire customers and website users in Ireland who avail of Ace Skip Hire residential waste disposal services and residential skip services, ordered in a personal capacity for domestic use. This Privacy Notice also applies to personal users of Ace Skip Hire commercial services and websites and to those accessing such services from abroad. Ace Skip Hire Terms of use for our websites is posted on www.aceskiphire.ie.
The lawful basis for processing of personal data is our service contract with you and our legal obligations in providing our service to you. It may be necessary at times to contact you about service changes and conditions which we consider necessary to the performance of our contract (Service Information). At other times we will only contact you where you provide your consent to marketing (Marketing Information). As a useful guide, customers should understand that Ace Skip Hire provides waste processing services to its customers.
For transparency and clarity, waste is not personal data but may contain personal data.Waste may also contain items that are not personal data but are confidential or sensitive. We rely on customers to manage their own privacy before placing such items into our waste receptacles.
Customer should practice good privacy hygiene by shredding bank statements or other personal information before placing them into the recycling bin or skip. Another alternative is to redact sensitive information before disposal and protect confidentiality.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Notice will inform you about how we collect and process your personal data when you use our services and/or visit our websites (regardless of where you visit it from).
Ace Skip Hire services and websites are not intended for use by children (16 years and below). We do not knowingly collect children’s data through our websites or utility services.
The terms of our Privacy Notice apply to Ace Skip Hire customers and website users in Ireland who avail of Ace Skip Hire residential waste disposal services and residential skip services, ordered in a personal capacity for domestic use. This Privacy Notice also applies to personal users of Ace Skip Hire commercial services and websites and to those accessing such services from abroad. Ace Skip Hire Terms of use for our websites is posted on www.aceskiphire.ie.
The lawful basis for processing of personal data is our service contract with you and our legal obligations in providing our service to you. It may be necessary at times to contact you about service changes and conditions which we consider necessary to the performance of our contract (Service Information). At other times we will only contact you where you provide your consent to marketing (Marketing Information). As a useful guide, customers should understand that Ace Skip Hire provides waste processing services to its customers.
For transparency and clarity, waste is not personal data but may contain personal data.Waste may also contain items that are not personal data but are confidential or sensitive. We rely on customers to manage their own privacy before placing such items into our waste receptacles.
Customer should practice good privacy hygiene by shredding bank statements or other personal information before placing them into the recycling bin or skip. Another alternative is to redact sensitive information before disposal and protect confidentiality.
- Protection Of Your Rights
We protect your rights when we collect and process your personal data. We do so in accordance with the following laws:
- Regulation 2016/279 the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
- The Data Protection Act (2018)
- The European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks andServices) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011, as amended (the “ePrivacy Regulations”)
- The ePrivacy Regulations outline specific rules about the use of cookies, marketing communications and security of electronic communications networks and services
- **The ePrivacy Regulations were amended by the European Union (Electronic Communications Code) Regulations 2022, which broadened the range of service providers falling within the scope of the legislative requirements. Some revision of the ePrivacy Regulations will implement in 2024 and this policy will be updated accordingly from time to time
When Ace Skip Hire collects your personal data, we are Data Controllers in accordance with GDPR and Data Protection Act (2018). Users of Ace Skip Hire Services in Ireland and or those accessing the Ace Skip Hire websites will be subject to the appliable laws of Ireland.
Sharing your information
We rely on trusted third parties to help us run our business and to provide us with specialised services. We may share your information for the purposes of delivering our services.
Customer care services:
Our trusted personnel may assist you with support enquiries you have when you contact Ace Skip Hire as well as provide administration services, upload letters we receive from our customers and provide general account administration and customer care support services.
- Regulation 2016/279 the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
- The Data Protection Act (2018)
- The European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks andServices) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011, as amended (the “ePrivacy Regulations”)
- The ePrivacy Regulations outline specific rules about the use of cookies, marketing communications and security of electronic communications networks and services
- **The ePrivacy Regulations were amended by the European Union (Electronic Communications Code) Regulations 2022, which broadened the range of service providers falling within the scope of the legislative requirements. Some revision of the ePrivacy Regulations will implement in 2024 and this policy will be updated accordingly from time to time
When Ace Skip Hire collects your personal data, we are Data Controllers in accordance with GDPR and Data Protection Act (2018). Users of Ace Skip Hire Services in Ireland and or those accessing the Ace Skip Hire websites will be subject to the appliable laws of Ireland.
Sharing your information
We rely on trusted third parties to help us run our business and to provide us with specialised services. We may share your information for the purposes of delivering our services.
Customer care services:
Our trusted personnel may assist you with support enquiries you have when you contact Ace Skip Hire as well as provide administration services, upload letters we receive from our customers and provide general account administration and customer care support services.
- How We Process Ace Skip Hire Customer Data
For our residential customers to whom this Privacy Notice applies, we process your data under contract by using a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. We segregate commercial information from residential system capture. This is done to ensure customer personal data is not accessible or shared throughout the business unnecessarily and to minimize privacy harm that could result from wider sharing.
So that we may deliver an accurate service to your residential address that is linked to your account, we assign each customer an order number which associated with their skip.
Ace Skip Hire is by its nature not a private or confidential process, but we absolutely do our best to ensure that your privacy is protected. It should be noted that skips are often placed in a public area when awaiting collection.
So that we may deliver an accurate service to your residential address that is linked to your account, we assign each customer an order number which associated with their skip.
Ace Skip Hire is by its nature not a private or confidential process, but we absolutely do our best to ensure that your privacy is protected. It should be noted that skips are often placed in a public area when awaiting collection.
- Data Retention
We retain information related to your account transactions for 7 years, this is required by law. Where you contact us with respect to your customer account, we record this information into your account details stored on our CRM system. The lawful basis for this retention period is the Statute of Limitations Act 1957 which defines the period contract terms may be legally disputed in court. We may retain personal data for a longer period where we are under a legal obligation by a lawful authority to do so.
Where we retain and store your personal data for a period longer than 7 years by request of an authorised authority it is inaccessible to general use by decentralised and encrypted storage.
When you phone our customer services team we may or may not record the call. Only a small selection of recordings is captured for training purposes and are deleted after one month from the time of call. As such we cannot provide phone call recordings by customer request where recordings were not made, where data is not retained and/or where a recording was deleted after one month.
Where we retain and store your personal data for a period longer than 7 years by request of an authorised authority it is inaccessible to general use by decentralised and encrypted storage.
When you phone our customer services team we may or may not record the call. Only a small selection of recordings is captured for training purposes and are deleted after one month from the time of call. As such we cannot provide phone call recordings by customer request where recordings were not made, where data is not retained and/or where a recording was deleted after one month.
- Our Contract terms and conditions:
Your rights as a consumer include transparency and fairness in contract. Your consumer rights also include clarity around how your data is collected and processed by Ace Skip Hire and how Ace Skip Hire offer and manage your Ace Skip services contract. Our contracts provide the following details to Ace Skip Hire residential customers:
• Ace Skip Hire business name, address, phone number, email address and other online communication channels
• Service details
• Total price or how it will be calculated, or personalised price (if relevant)
• Length of the contract
• For services with no fixed timescale, cost per billing period or per month
• Details on payment and performance
• Right to cancel
• How you can cancel the contract if it does not have a fixed length or automatically renews
• Conditions that apply to deposits (if applicable)
Your consumer rights after agreeing to Ace Skip Hire services contract
If you agree to the Ace Skip Hire services contract, you will receive a copy of confirmation within 5 working days of service purchase. Where you purchase a commercial skip as an existing residential customer, we will protect your privacy rights and respect your marketing choices associated with an existing customer account.
Where you book a commercial skip as a new Ace Skip Hire customer, our telephone agents and online website will ask for your consent to receive marketing information.
Ace Skip Hire must act fairly and transparently when we are managing your residential contract for service. If you feel we could do better with respect to upholding your consumer rights, please let our customer care team know at:
info@aceskiphire.ie
For further information about your consumer rights please visit www.ccpc.ie
• Ace Skip Hire business name, address, phone number, email address and other online communication channels
• Service details
• Total price or how it will be calculated, or personalised price (if relevant)
• Length of the contract
• For services with no fixed timescale, cost per billing period or per month
• Details on payment and performance
• Right to cancel
• How you can cancel the contract if it does not have a fixed length or automatically renews
• Conditions that apply to deposits (if applicable)
Your consumer rights after agreeing to Ace Skip Hire services contract
If you agree to the Ace Skip Hire services contract, you will receive a copy of confirmation within 5 working days of service purchase. Where you purchase a commercial skip as an existing residential customer, we will protect your privacy rights and respect your marketing choices associated with an existing customer account.
Where you book a commercial skip as a new Ace Skip Hire customer, our telephone agents and online website will ask for your consent to receive marketing information.
Ace Skip Hire must act fairly and transparently when we are managing your residential contract for service. If you feel we could do better with respect to upholding your consumer rights, please let our customer care team know at:
info@aceskiphire.ie
For further information about your consumer rights please visit www.ccpc.ie
- Ace Skip Hire Websites
Our website www.aceskiphire.ie and www.skiphirewexford.ie hosts one customer function, to place your order and agree to retention and processing of your data with an opt-in checkbox upon checkout
Your consumer rights after agreeing to Ace Skip Hire services contract
If you agree to the Ace Skip Hire services contract, you will receive a copy of confirmation within 5 working days of service purchase. Where you purchase a commercial skip as an existing residential customer, we will protect your privacy right sand respect your marketing choices associated with an existing customer account. Where you book a commercial skip as a new Ace Skip Hire customer our telephone agents and online website will ask for your consent to receive marketing information.
Our Ace Skip Hire website ‘Opt-In’function provides potential customers with ways in which is resolve queries or sign up to Ace Skip Hire service contracts. Potential customers can contact us by online, by phone, email, or social media. Where a potential customer contacts us via social media, the privacy terms of the social will govern the communication sent to us on that social media platform.
It is important that Ace Skip Hire service users correctly use our websites to place orders so that we may protect personal rights of service users. Where you give consent to receiving marketing consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing, by email to us or by contacting a Ace Skip Hire agent. You can do this by emailing us at info@aceskiphire.ie or phoning us at 01-9125050 during regular business hours.
For clarity, we may need to contact you about important service information updates. We define service updates as useful information directly related to your Ace Skip Hire service order. This can include services date, time, cost changes, schedules and related information about service changes. We may contact you at your preference about service updates by either phone text or e-mail message.
- Data Sharing
Public Bodies
As we are licensed to deliver a public utility service, we are subject to personal data disclosures to relevant and authorised public authorities at their request and where they evidence a legal basis for us to share personal data. Public authorities are authorised to ask us to share personal data by section 38 of the Data Protection Act(2018) once they provide a legal basis to do so.
Where we do share personal data, we rely on our legal obligation to do so or where the performance of the task is necessary to carry out in the public interest and to comply with a legal obligation. Examples of third-party sharing are County Councils, Environmental Inspectors, local authorities, tax authorities, enforcement authorities and Gardai. Where we are asked to share your personal data by a lawful authority we must comply with law.
When you use our websites, we collect personal information that informs us about browsing use of our website. This is to enable and inform our understanding about how we may improve our website service offerings. All website user cookie consent is captured and recorded before you enter our website to browse. For further information about third party cookies please check on our website cookie banner for details.
Core Principles
We must act in accordance with GDPR when controlling and processing your personal data. These are
1. Fair Lawful and Transparent Processing
2. Purpose Limitation
3. Data Minimisation
4. Accurate and up to date processing
5. Data Storage Limitation
6. Security and confidentiality
7. Accountability
2. Purpose Limitation
3. Data Minimisation
4. Accurate and up to date processing
5. Data Storage Limitation
6. Security and confidentiality
7. Accountability
- How We Collect Your Personal Data
We may collect and process your personal data in multiple ways. Our door-to-door sales teams may collect your personal data when your give your information to a sales team member in relation to a service
We may collect your personal data when you telephone or email our customer services about your account and or where you submit your personal data on our website when you request an Ace Skip Hire service. Where you telephone our customer services team with an enquiry, we enter that contact into a system that also records your personal account details.
• Subscribe to our service or publications
• Sign up to Ace Skip Hire services during door-to-door sales
• Contact us about withdrawing your consent to marketing
• Request marketing communications to be sent to you
• Enable us to deal with customer queries or issues you may have relating to the service; or give us some feedback by phone, email or via the Ace Skip Hire website
• Cookies and similar technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing action sand patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, [server logs] and other similar technologies. Cookie data captured via performance cookies is only captured if you have provided prior proactive consent to this, via the cookie banner. For more information on our use of cookies, please visit our cookie policy. In respect of Cookies (performance)- Internet Protocol (IP)Addresses (location data) is collected if the user consents to various cookie sand consent provided on a granular level in the cookie banner
• We may also collect your personal data where you make a direct payment to use one of our recycling centres
• Sign up to Ace Skip Hire services during door-to-door sales
• Contact us about withdrawing your consent to marketing
• Request marketing communications to be sent to you
• Enable us to deal with customer queries or issues you may have relating to the service; or give us some feedback by phone, email or via the Ace Skip Hire website
• Cookies and similar technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing action sand patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, [server logs] and other similar technologies. Cookie data captured via performance cookies is only captured if you have provided prior proactive consent to this, via the cookie banner. For more information on our use of cookies, please visit our cookie policy. In respect of Cookies (performance)- Internet Protocol (IP)Addresses (location data) is collected if the user consents to various cookie sand consent provided on a granular level in the cookie banner
• We may also collect your personal data where you make a direct payment to use one of our recycling centres
- Ace Skip Hire As Data Controllers
Where we collect your personal data, we act as Data Controllers. This means that we are directly responsible for the processing of your personal data. Where we process your personal data as secondary contacts, we act as Data Processors. At any one time we may act as either Data Controllers and or Data Processors. A data controller determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. In other words, the data controller decides the how and why of a data processing operation. A data controller can be a legal person, which in our case is Glon Recycling and Resource Management Limited
- Contact Details
We have appointed a dedicated Ace Skip Hire Privacy Officer responsible for answering questions in relation to this Privacy Notice.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact the Privacy Officer using the details set out below. Your privacy rights are very important to us, and we are happy to answer any privacy related queries that may arise about your data.
In accordance with law and due process, you should contact our Privacy Officer first with your request before contacting the Data Protection Commissioner. This allows us time to address and resolve your complaint.
Email: privacy.officer@aceskiphire.ie
Your right to request your personal data.
We aim to provide a full response to subject access requests and queries.
We respond to all subject access requests within one month. In very limited circumstances, it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. Where we do not have the personal data you request, does not exist or to do is protected by legal privilege, we will inform you of this at the time of releasing your request for personal data.
This Privacy Statement is subject to annual audit and will be updated accordingly. Changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted here so you should periodically check this page to review the most recent and up to date Privacy Statement.
Contact details for the Data Protection Commissioner Office
If, after engaging us you feel that we have failed to respond to or have not sufficiently responded to your request with respect to your individual rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in Ireland, the Data Protection Commission (DPC)
Data Protection Commission,
21 Fitzwilliam Square South
Dublin 2
D02 RD28
Ireland
Email: info@dataprotection.ie
Website: www.dataprotection.ie
21 Fitzwilliam Square South
Dublin 2
D02 RD28
Ireland
Email: info@dataprotection.ie
Website: www.dataprotection.ie
- Customer Account Change Requests
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if elements of your personal data, for example related to your account management, changes during your relationship with us. For your convenience, this policy is updated and will be audited annually to align with company operations. Please ensure that you revisit the website to keep informed of any changes and or updates to our privacy management.
- Data Categories
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows:
• Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier.
• Audio Data may include the recording of inbound and outbound calls used to evidence our contractual agreement with you, for dispute resolution, training and quality purposes.
• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Profile Data includes purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
• Audio Data may include the recording of inbound and outbound calls used to evidence our contractual agreement with you, for dispute resolution, training and quality purposes.
• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Profile Data includes purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
We do not in general intentionally collect Special Categories of Personal Data about you. Special category data includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data).
Where we may collect Special Categories of Personal Data about you is where such data was disclosed by you to a customer service agent in relation to management of your Ace Skip Hire customer account or service delivery. If you place items in a waster eceptacle for processing, you consent and agree to residential and commercial waste processing. There is a legal obligation placed on you by your banks etc to protect personal data that could be used for fraud and we rely on our customers to take steps to defend personal data and information security rights prior to processing. This will assist us to help you.
We do not intentionally process Ace Skip Hire Customer data such as health condition information provided by a customer in order for us to deliver services in a way that supports customers. It may be necessary for us to process customer medical details disclosed to us by a customer so that we can make necessary delivery of services to vulnerable Ace Skip Hire customers. The lawful basis for the processing of your special category data is your consent. All sensitive data is encrypted in our CRM with access limited to your account. Special category data may be deleted at your request when no longer relevant to the delivery of your services. Where this is the case, we advise you to contact our customer services team and request such deletion when appropriate so that we are not processing your data which is no longer necessary to deliver your services.
We may collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose from data collected from your engagement with our website. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.
- How Your Personal Data Is Collected
We use different methods to collect data from and about you include:
Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
• Provide your details to our door-to-door sales team
• Call our customer services team.
• Browse our Ace Skip Hire website
• Subscribe to our service or publications
• Request marketing communications to be sent to you
• Enable us to deal with customer queries or issues you may have relating to the service; or give us some feedback
• Cookies and similar technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing action sand patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, [server logs] and other similar technologies. Cookie data captured via performance cookies is only captured if you have provided prior proactive consent to this, via the cookie banner. For more information on our use of cookies, please visit our cookie policy. In respect of Cookies (performance)- Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses(location data) is collected if the user consents to various cookies and consent provided on a granular level in the cookie banner.
• Call our customer services team.
• Browse our Ace Skip Hire website
• Subscribe to our service or publications
• Request marketing communications to be sent to you
• Enable us to deal with customer queries or issues you may have relating to the service; or give us some feedback
• Cookies and similar technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing action sand patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, [server logs] and other similar technologies. Cookie data captured via performance cookies is only captured if you have provided prior proactive consent to this, via the cookie banner. For more information on our use of cookies, please visit our cookie policy. In respect of Cookies (performance)- Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses(location data) is collected if the user consents to various cookies and consent provided on a granular level in the cookie banner.
- How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data in line with National (Data Protection Act 2018(Ireland), European (GDPR) data protection law and privacy regulations and only to achieve the specific purpose of the processing in each case. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
1. Where we need to perform the service contract we are about to enter or have entered with you.
2. Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests to provide Ace Skip Hire services to the highest standard and efficiency.
3. Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
4. Where you have provided explicit prior consent to receiving electronic direct marketing communications.
2. Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests to provide Ace Skip Hire services to the highest standard and efficiency.
3. Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
4. Where you have provided explicit prior consent to receiving electronic direct marketing communications.
In general, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than for direct marketing communications through email or text message via retained third-party partners. As mentioned, electronic marketing communications are only sent to you if you have provided explicit prior consent via a tick box on our website.
You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting Ace SkipHire customer services at info@aceskiphire.ie or by calling our customer services number 01 9125050.
- Purpose Of Personal Data Processing
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal grounds we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact the Ace Skip Hire Privacy Officer as per above if you need details about the specific legal grounds, we rely on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
Purpose/Activity and Art6 GDPR Lawful Basis
Type of data we ask forand process
Lawful basis for processing in cludingbasis of legitimate interest
To register you as a new customer (Article 6(1)(b))(Processing necessary for the performance of a contract)
(a) Identity (b) Contact(email or contact no.) (c)Audio
Performance of a contract with you which includes identity validation for legitimate services for citizens of Ireland with aright to residency
To process and deliver your order including:(a) Manage payments, fees and charges(b) Collect and recover money owed to us(Article 6(1)(b)) (Processing necessary for the performance of a contract)(Article 6(1) (a) (Data Subject has provided consent to the processing)
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c)Financial (d) Transaction(e) Marketing and Communications (f) Audio
(a) Performance of a contract with you(b)Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)
To manage our relationship with you which will include:(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy(b)Asking you to leave are view or take a survey (Article6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller)
Sending Contamination notices to customers by letter and or by post when contaminated items are discovered with in recycling bins Article6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
Contacting customers to inform them about waste segregation changes to services such as billing, collection dates and times, services interruptions and or cancellations “Service Information”
Sending Contamination notices to customers by letter and or by post when contaminated items are discovered with in recycling bins Article6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
Contacting customers to inform them about waste segregation changes to services such as billing, collection dates and times, services interruptions and or cancellations “Service Information”
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c)Profile (a) Identity (b) Contact (c)Technical (d) Usage
(a) Performance of a contract with you(b)Necessary to comply with a legal obligation(c)Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services) (a)Necessary for our legitimate interests to ensure that our recycling bins remains free contamination
To administer and protect our business and this website (including trouble shooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)
Article 6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
Article 6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c)Technical (d)Transaction (e) Financial
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or the merger & acquisition group restructuring exercise) (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you.
Article 6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
Article 6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c)Profile (d) Usage (f)Technical (g) Audio
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services ,marketing, customer relationships and experiences.
Article 6(1) (a) (Data Subject has provided consent to the processing)(Consent required in respect of performance cookies that collect personal data)
Article 6(1) (a) (Data Subject has provided consent to the processing)(Consent required in respect of performance cookies that collect personal data)
(a) Technical (b) Usage (c)Marketing and Communications
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To make suggestions and recommendations to you to help improve our service.
Article 6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
Article 6(1)(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c)Technical (d) Usage (e)Profile
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business)
Sharing information with Revenue, law enforcement agencies, local authorities and other relevant state bodies Article 6(1)( c) processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c)Financial (d) Transaction
To comply with our legal obligations under national and member state law and for the prevention, investigation, and detection of criminal activity
- Marketing
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particular ly around marketing and advertising. Any marketing communications you receive electronically, will only be after you have proactively provided clear, un ambiguous, specific and informed consent, in line with GDPR Article 4(11). Consent may be provided verbally or via a proactive electronic online tick box, ticked by the customer. We will ask your consent to receiving marketing information before you enter into your Ace Skip Hire customer service agreement.
- Service Information
Periodically, we may need to contact you about important changes to our delivery services. So, we may deliver our services to you this right to contact for service updates is a term and condition of our service. Please ensure to select your preferred method of contact on our forms and contact us to update your preferences, where they change.
Preferential contact details to receive service information may be provided verbally over the phone or via electronic tick box on our website.
- Marketing Opt Out
We respect your privacy and where you opted into marketing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at anytime by contacting our customer services team (details below).
Your details will be placed on a Do Not Contact (DNC) list immediately thereafter and you won’t be contacted again in relation to marketing. All marketing emails have an unsubscribe link that can be utilised at the footer of the message, in which case you will not receive any more of these communications from our marketing team.
- Cookies
Some website cookies are strictly necessary and essential for operation Strictly necessary cookies are classified as cookies that must be present for the website to provide the basic functions of the website, such as user sign in and registration, for example. These types of cookies do not require individual user consent as they are essential for the basic functionality of the website and do not capture personal data of the user.
In terms of “performance” cookies (monitoring the performance of the website), we provide a granular consent banner breakdown when you visit our site. This allows you to proactively consent to the specific types of performance cookies that are deployed on our website. For more detailed information on our privacy standards around the use of website cookies, please visit our cookies policy. We provide a granular breakdown of consent options for every user that visits our site. Performance cookies will only be deployed where you have consented to their use.
- Change Of Purpose
We will only use your personal data for the specific purpose(s) for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact the Ace Skip Hire Privacy Officer (details below). Your privacy rights are very important to Ace Skip Hire and we urge you to make contact should you have any privacy related concerns or queries.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by changes in the law.
- Third- Party Data Sharing
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out on Page 6 (above). This data sharing will be strictly limited to relevant and necessary third parties who help us achieve the purpose of the processing in each case. Each third-party relationship is governed strictly in accordance with Irish and European data protection laws and in line with a data protection specific contract.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions governed by contract.
- Information And Security
Appropriate technical and organisational security measures are implemented at AceSkip Hire to prevent your personal data from being compromised. We adhere toISO27001 IT standards and require our third parties to conform to respective information security standards.
Access to your personal data within the group is managed by information security approvals which restricted authorised access. to those employees, agents, contractor sand other third parties who are strictly relevant to the purpose of the processing.
All third- party processor relationships are governed by a data protection specific contract, outlining the conditions of processing your personal data (in line with Article28 GDPR.) Third-party processors will only process your personal data on Ace Skip Hire instructions as a Data Controller and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality as part of their Data Processor contractual obligations.
The data you provide will be transmitted via SSL encryption (Secure Sockets Layer)which is security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry-standard and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers.
Information is kept in a database on our server provided by our hosting third-party partners, who have taken all necessary measures themselves to ensure high standards of data security practice in line with GDPR standards. This compliance is continually monitored by Ace Skip Hire Privacy Officer and subject to IT audit.
Authorised Ace Skip Hire staff have access to the personal data you have provided us with. Ace Skip Hire staff members receive appropriate GDPR training in the correct handling of this data. Information is kept in a database on our server provided by our hosting third-party partners, who have taken all necessary measures themselves to ensure high standards of data security practice in line with GDPR standards. This compliance is continually monitored by Ace Skip Hire Privacy Officer and subject to IT audit.
Staff members have unique usernames and passwords to access personal data. The access codes provided to our staff are complex and updated on a regular basis. We also keep automated log-in records.
Website security: We have implemented robust security tools to protect our website from potential threats such as malware attacks, DDoS attacks, hacking, amongst others. Staff are regularly trained on the dangers posed by phishing attacks.
Under General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 if the personal data that you store about you has been compromised in any form, we will report the breach to the Data Protection Commission (via Group Privacy Officer Officer) within 72 hours, in line with specified timescales in Article 33 GDPR. Website security: We have implemented robust security tools to protect our website from potential threats such as malware attacks, DDoS attacks, hacking, amongst others. Staff are regularly trained on the dangers posed by phishing attacks.
We have procedures in place to detect, report and investigate a personal data breach and will comply with these and review them on a regular basis. If a data breach is likely to bring harm to you the ‘individual’ (such as identity theft or breach of confidentiality)you will also be notified without undue delay. Overall, hopefully this outlines how your data will be robustly secured, via a range of technical security measures and working procedures at Ace Skip Hire. Under General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 if the personal data that you store about you has been compromised in any form, we will report the breach to the Data Protection Commission (via Group Privacy Officer Officer) within 72 hours, in line with specified timescales in Article 33 GDPR. Website security: We have implemented robust security tools to protect our website from potential threats such as malware attacks, DDoS attacks, hacking, amongst others. Staff are regularly trained on the dangers posed by phishing attacks.
Ace Skip Hire applies GDPR data minimisation principles and maintains a data destruction schedule where purging of data that is beyond the assigned retention period.
- Your Individual Privacy Rights
Under Data Protection law, you have the right to: Appropriate technical and organisational security measures are implemented at AceSkip Hire to prevent your personal data from being compromised. We adhere toISO27001 IT standards and require our third parties to conform to respective information security standards.
Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it. The time limit for Ace Skip Hire to respond in full to these requests is usually one month. Access to your personal data within the group is managed by information security approvals which restricted authorised access. to those employees, agents, contractor sand other third parties who are strictly relevant to the purpose of the processing.
Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
Request erasure of your personal data which enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below),where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however that we may refuse to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you at the time of your request.
Object to the processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms. (As with all Chapter III GDOR individual rights, these rights are not absolute and other competing privacy rights and responsibilities of Ace Skip Hire (as Data Controller), will be considered.
Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have over riding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
Right to Rectification- You are entitled to obtain from Ace Skip Hire, without un due delay, the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. This will correct any inaccuracies you may feel we have about your data on record/file.
These rights are not absolute but may be subject to legal privilege, commercial sensitivity and redactions.
If you wish to avail of any of these rights, you should submit a written request to the Privacy Officer address listed on this privacy statement. Other modes of communication are:
Contact Number: 01 9125050
Email: privacy.officer@aceskiphire.ie
- No Fee Usually Required
In line with GDPR individual rights enshrined in Chapter III, you will not have to pay a fee to access a copy of your personal data (or to exercise any of the other Chapter III individual rights). However, we may in some limited circumstances charge a reasonable administrative fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.
- What We May Need From You
In line with Recital 64 GDPR (Identity verification), as Data Controller we may need to take reasonable measures to verify your identity. This is usually achieved by requesting a copy of your driving licence or passport for example, to verify identity before actioning your request. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
Version: June 2025
Version: June 2025
About Ace Skip Hire
Flexible, innovative service that gives you a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable solution to your skip-hire and waste management requirements.
Give us a call
01 912 5050