Music Generation Cookie and Privacy Statement (update July 2024)
Who we are
Music Generation is Ireland’s National Music Education Programme with a mission to empower children and young people to realise their full potential through access, to and participation in, high quality performance music education. Initiated by Music Network, Music Generation is co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds, the Department of Education and Local Music Education Partnerships (LMEPs) in which Education and Training Board and Local Authorities play a lead role.
‘What we want to do is really simple. We just want to make sure that everyone, whatever their background, gets access to music tuition. That’s the idea.’ (Bono/U2)
What we do
Music Generation transforms the lives of children and young people through access to high quality performance music education.
Music Generation now reaches over 115, 936 children and young people across 29 cities and counties in Ireland. Its genesis stems from the combined philanthropic support of U2 and The Ireland Funds to seed-fund phased implementation of Music Network’s Feasibility Study Report: A National System of Local Music Education Services.
Phase 1
2010 – 2015 Music Generation established eleven LMEP Areas: Louth, Mayo, Sligo, Cork City, Laois, Wicklow, Carlow, Limerick City, Offaly/Westmeath, Clare and South Dublin.
Phase 2
2016 - 2021 established the programme in nine additional LMEP Areas: Cavan/Monaghan, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Galway City, Galway County, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Roscommon, Waterford and Wexford.
National Expansion: In December 2017, as part of Creative Ireland’s Creative Youth plan, Government announced its commitment to support the expansion of Music Generation to all nine remaining areas of the country by 2022: Kerry, Kildare, Longford, Meath, Tipperary, Dublin City, Fingal, Limerick County and Cork County.
Music Generation believes in every child and young person’s musical potential and their innate artistry, that it is every child and young person’s right to have the choice of access and the chance to participate as a musical citizen.
Subscribing to our mailing list
If you sign up for our mailing list, you will receive our monthly e-newsletter which will be used to notify you about Music Generation initiatives, developments and activities. Our legal basis for collecting and processing your information for this purpose is that of ‘Consent’. This means that we will only ever send you this newsletter if you have actively consented to us doing so, using the ‘Subscribe’ tool on this website.
To share our e-newsletter with subscribers we use MailChimp, which is owned by Campaign Monitor. Campaign Monitor, has its own security and privacy policy.
MailChimp uses email tracking to tell us when you opened an email and what links you clicked on. We use this information to inform what type of content is of most interest to our readers and to better understand how readers interact with our e-newsletters. This helps us report, plan and improve our e-communications.
When you subscribe to our mailing list we ask you for your email address only. This data is maintained within a database hosted by Create-Send and will be retained for as long as you choose to remain subscribed. The database may be accessed only by designated employees of Music Generation National Development Office or trusted third parties who help us manage our systems and conduct our business, where we are confident that they are compliant with Data Protection legislation and have agreed to keep this information confidential.
You can unsubscribe from our e-newsletter list at any time by using the ‘Unsubscribe link’ at the bottom of every email or by emailing dataprotectionliaison@musicgeneration.ie
Third party platforms
Like many similar organisations, Music Generation uses some trusted third party platforms to enable us to communicate with the public and share news about our programmes and activities. The third party platforms we use are:
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Google
TikTok
Access to Music Generation’s business accounts on these platforms is strictly limited to designated employees of the Music Generation National Development Office. Each third party platform has published an up-to-date privacy statement.
How we protect your personal information
Music Generation takes its security responsibilities seriously. We employ the most appropriate physical and technical measures, including staff training and awareness, to ensure your personal information is protected. These measures are reviewed regularly.
Music Generation will not use the information you provide to us for purposes other than those for which the information was sent. We will not sell, share or transfer your information with anyone outside of Music Generation. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in managing our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, where we are confident that they are compliant with Data Protection legislation and have agreed to keep this information confidential.
How long we retain your personal data
It is our policy to retain only accurate, complete and up-to-date data. You may contact us to delete Personal Data that we hold about you. However, we will retain Personal Data for an additional period as is permitted or required under applicable laws. Even if we delete your Personal Data it may persist on backup or archival media for an additional period of time for legal, tax or regulatory reasons or for legitimate and lawful business purposes.
We may release data if we are under a duty to disclose or share that personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to protect the rights, property or safety of our business, our customers or others. This includes, in specific cases, exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection.
Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are placed on your computer or device as you navigate a website. We use cookies on this website to improve functionality and ease navigation for users through the site. We also use cookies to monitor the way the website is used and to assess what content is of most interest to our users. This helps to inform future planning and content development.
How we collect cookies on this website
When you first visit our website you will see a message informing you about cookies. If you click the ‘Accept’ button, a cookie will be set that records your preference. If you don’t want us to use cookies when you use our website, you can adjust your internet browser settings not to accept cookies or delete them after your visit. Further information about how to limit, disable or delete cookies on commonly used internet browsers and on your device is available online.
Generally speaking, the cookies on our website are not used to collect any personal details about you. Any information you provide for services is used only for its specified purpose. We will neither make attempts to identify individual visitors, nor associate technical information which is collected using cookies with any individual. It is our policy never to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party unless explicitly stated, or obliged to disclose such information by law.
Please note that if you adjust your browser settings not to accept cookies, this may result in your being unable to use some of the facilities or features on our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are not stored on your computer or device. They are deleted when you close your browser and only relate to the working of the website.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies can be read by the website on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing activities on the website, or may be a ‘compliance cookie’ which allows us to know whether or not you have previously been informed and given consent to the use of cookies on the website. Persistent cookies are routinely used to collect:
Statistical information (IP address and hostname, web browser version, which pages you have visited)
The previous website address from which you reached us, including any search terms used
Search history, to speed up use of the search function on the website for future visits
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics cookies to tell us about levels of activity on our website, for example which pages on the site are used more frequently. This information informs us about what content is of most interest to our readers and helps us to make future improvements to our website. Any of the data gathered using Google Analytics cookies is anonymised. The data is stored within Google Analytics for a period of 14 months, after which time it is deleted. You can read more about Google Analytics cookies and how to opt-out of them here.
Third Party Cookies: We sometimes use third-party tools and services on our website to enable us to embed media, such as video and audio files, into website pages. To embed video, we use tools from YouTube, Facebook or Vimeo and to share audio recordings we use services such as SoundCloud or Spotify. These tools often include cookies from the relevant third-party owner. Music Generation is not the Data Controller for the information gathered via these cookies, and has no access to the information. You can find out more about the third-parties cookie policies and how to opt-out of their processing activity at the links embedded above.
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over cookies that other website might use.
Right of subject access
You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your personal data and your rights, as set out in this policy.
You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data in accordance with section 91 of the Data Protection Act 2018. You have the right to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate. You also have the right to erasure (the right to be forgotten). This enables you to request the deletion or removal of your personal data where there’s no compelling reason for us to keep using it. This is not a general right to erasure; there are exceptions.
You can request access to or ask us to correct, update or delete any Personal Data that we process about you by contacting us directly by email at dataprotectionliaison@musicgeneration.ie or at the address below:
Data Protection Liaison,
Music Generation,
c/o National Concert Hall Building,
Earlsfort Terrace,
Dublin 2.
Subject access requests should be marked as ‘Confidential’. Please include your name, contact information and details on what you would like to know. We will consider and respond to all requests in accordance with applicable law.
Your Right of Access is among a number of individual rights provided for by data protection regulations. For more information on these rights please click here.
Complaint resolution
You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle or process your personal data with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.