Privacy Policy

Accountability

HBAN is committed to handling all personal data in a responsible manner and will not under any circumstance make public any personal data unless previously discussed and consented to by the data subject for a specific reason.

As part of our GDPR readiness action plan HBAN is undertaking a full data inventory and every effort has been made to foresee and limit any potential data breaches.

All HBAN communications are made on an opt-in basis and can be discontinued at any time upon request – to update your preferences please contact us at privacy@hban.org.

HBAN will process any access requests in a timely fashion and communicate any actions clearly to the data subject.

HBAN will report any data breaches in a timely manner to the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC).

Data subjects - Who do we collect information from?

HBAN aims to only collect professional information where possible as opposed to personal information from individuals. However, from time to time personal information is shared with HBAN from the following categories of stakeholders:

  • Private Investors (hereafter referred to as Members)

  • Entrepreneurs who wish to engage with HBAN (hereafter referred to as Clients)

  • Individuals making enquiries via our contact form or by direct email

  • Individuals subscribing to our newsletter

Data Purpose – Why are we collecting this data?

HBAN collects data for a variety of reasons including providing the services, anonymised reporting of business angel investment in Ireland, tracking of ongoing investments, engagements and communications with members and client companies.

Data Disclosure – Who has access to your information?

HBAN will never disclose personal information to an unaffiliated third party.

HBAN is an initiative of Enterprise Ireland (EI) and InterTradeIreland (ITI) and acts as a data processor for these two organisations. EI and ITI are the data controllers, as such HBAN will share details of members and client companies with EI and ITI.

Dogpatch Labs (Landingzone Limited), Republic of Work (Republic of Work (Cork) Limited), Portershed (Galway City Innovation District Company Limited By Guarantee), RDI Hub (RDI Hub Company Limited BY Guarantee), and Ormeau Baths (OB Innovation Centre Limited) are all contracted data processors of the HBAN Programme.

Data Retention – How long does HBAN hold information for?

HBAN has a range of retention rates depending on the data subject and usage:

  • Active Members and Members that have invested: data will be kept indefinitely for the purposes of tracking investments and communications

  • Former Member data will be kept in a limited capacity indefinitely for the purposes of tracking investments that have been made

  • Potential Member data will be kept on file for a 3-year period. Information about a potential member that has not engaged with us within this 3-year period or requests to be removed will be removed.

  • Client Company data will be kept indefinitely for the purposes of tracking investment success and reporting

  • Newsletter subscription information will be kept until an unsubscribe request is received

  • Supplier data will be kept indefinitely

Data Location – Where is your data being stored?

HBAN has made every effort to limit the locations of where any personal data is held to reduce any potential data breach points.

Client and Member data collected or managed through third-party applications follows the GDPR on said applications.

Data is collected but not retained and is deleted from each individual collection source once the relevant information has been transferred to the correct data storage system.

In order to ensure clarity, the above is a simplified version of our Privacy Policy. If you would like to view a detailed version of the HBAN Privacy Policy please contact privacy@hban.org.