Emergency Services Ireland is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data.
Last Updated: January 20, 2026
Welcome to Emergency Services Ireland. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website emergencyservicesireland.ie and use our services.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
When you interact with our website, we may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
Provide news, updates, and information about emergency services
Process sponsorship and advertising inquiries
Analyze usage patterns to enhance user experience
Comply with legal obligations and protect our rights
Send updates about charity campaigns and volunteer opportunities
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
We may share information with trusted partners such as the Irish Red Cross and other emergency services organizations to coordinate charity campaigns and community initiatives. These partners are bound by confidentiality agreements.
We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or governmental authority, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of others.
In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:
Important: While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Ireland, you have certain data protection rights:
You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
You have the right to request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
You have the right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
You have the right to object to processing of your personal data.
You have the right to request transfer of your data to another organization or directly to you.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within one month.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland if you believe your data protection rights have been violated.
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including our partners such as the Irish Red Cross, sponsors, and emergency services organizations. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies, and we do not accept responsibility or liability for these policies.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit through our website.
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.
If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of Ireland or the European Economic Area where data protection laws may differ.
If you are located outside Ireland and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to Ireland and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. We will also notify you via email or a prominent notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective if the changes are significant.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data protection rights, or have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please don't hesitate to contact us.
If you have concerns about how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission:
Data Protection Commission (DPC)
21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland
Phone: +353 (0)761 104 800
www.dataprotection.ie