Privacy Statement

This statement relates to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's privacy practices in connection with our websites. The Organisation is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites. External links to other websites are not always clearly identifiable as such. Within the Organisation domain you may find websites over which the Organisation has no editorial responsibility or control. Such sites can include the websites of other organisations etc.

General statement

INMO fully respects your right to privacy and actively seeks to preserve the privacy rights of those who share information with the Organisation. The Organisation will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your permission save in cases where the Organisation is required by law to do so (e.g. the investigation of a criminal offence or a breach of the Organisation's policies, procedures or guidelines). Any personal information which you volunteer to the Organisation will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, in accordance with the GDPR, and Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018. The Organisation's Data Protection Policy, available at https://www.inmo.ie/Your-Union/Governance, documents the Organisation's application of the Data Protection Principles and the manner in which data is processed across the Organisation.

Collection and use of personal information

The Organisation does not collect any personal data about you on this website, apart from information which you volunteer (for example by e-mailing the Organisation). Any information, which you provide in this way, is not made available to any third party - other than those working with the Organisation on normal Organisation business, and is used by the Organisation only in line with the purpose for which you provided it.

Collection and use of technical information

Cookies may be used by the INMO website to collect non-personal information about how visitors use our website or to remember display preferences.  Temporary session cookies may also be used in some areas to enable specific functionality (e.g. portal pages).  Session cookies are deleted once you close your browser session.

Occasionally for the purposes of INMO online services we must pass some cookie information to third parties.  These cookies may persist after your browser session has ended.  This information will not include any of your personal data or information from which you will be readily identifiable. This information may be used for evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for INMO and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.  It is stored and used in the aggregate only and is not used to obtain personal data or to contact you personally, but instead to improve website services.  INMO actively seeks to preserve user privacy in any interaction with third parties.

Some areas within the INMO website use online data entry forms to collect personal information from web visitors who choose to identify themselves for the purpose of transacting e-commerce or receiving products, services, or information.  Areas within INMO that collect data of any type are required to abide by our Data Protection Policy. We request no more information than is required to fulfil the purpose for which the information is being collected.

Technical details in connection with visits to this website may be logged by the Organisation's internet service provider for accounting and auditing purposes. This technical information will be used only for statistical and other administrative purposes. You should note that technical details, which the Organisation cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute `personal data' for the purposes of the GDPR and Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018.

Personal Data Rights

You have a number of rights under personal data protection legislation. For further information on these please refer to our Data Subject Rights Procedure (APPENDIX H – Data Protection Policy).

For further information on personal data matters, including the contact details for the INMO Data Protection Officer, please refer to the Organisation's Data Protection webpage as referred to above.

General statement

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation fully respects your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your consent. Any personal information which you volunteer to the Organisation will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, in accordance with the GDPR and Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2018.

Website Visits

When someone visits www.inmo.ie, or other websites maintained by the Organisation, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns.  Some of the above information is used to create summary statistics, which allow us to assess the number of visitors to our site; identify what pages are visited most frequently and, ultimately, make the site more user friendly.

• We do not attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website
• We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source
• If we do intend to collect personal information we will make it clear and will explain what we intend to do with it

Certain pages on this site provide an option to request further information by email, or to provide feedback online. This information will only be recorded if you choose to send us a message and will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

The majority of the cookies used on the INMO website, or other websites maintained by the Organisation, are associated with the use of Google Analytics.  Google Analytics uses code, provided by Google, to collect information about how visitors use our site.  The cookies collect information in an anonymous form that does not identify an individual. They provide information regarding the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.  We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the way our website works, for example by making sure users are finding what they need easily.

The remaining cookies are INMO generated cookies and are used to customise the content provided to you.  Should you decide to disable cookies at any time, some functionality of our website may be impaired.

Membership is open to all nurses and midwives across the public and private sectors. The INMO is governed by the Rules of the Organisation.  

All applications are subject to ratification by the INMO Executive Council. Services thereafter are provided in accordance with the rules of the organisation and at the discretion of the Executive Council.   

Please note that the INMO will not provide representation to a nurse/midwife in respect of incidents which have occurred or issues which have arisen prior to the application for membership and Executive Council ratification. Further, the right of representation shall terminate on a nurse/midwife ceasing to be a member of the INMO.  

Membership is always subject to the payment of the appropriate annual membership fee, as determined by the Annual Delegate Conference.  

Membership of the Organisation may be cancelled at any time by contacting the INMO Membership Department, and cancellation of membership leads to the cessation of all services related to membership.

Please note no VAT is applicable to the payment of membership fees to the INMO.

Paying your fees

Consumer Rights Act 2022 – Distance Contracts

Where a person applies for membership online, they have a 14-day period within which to change their mind, without having to give any reason for the change of mind. A person may cancel their membership application within that period by notifying the Membership Department in the INMO Headquarters. A full refund of any payment made upon application will be made within 14 days.

Where a person purchases an educational course or conference place online, they have a 14-day period within which to change their mind, without having to give any reason for the change of mind. A person may cancel their purchase by contacting INMO Professional in the INMO Headquarters. A full refund of any payment made will be made within 14 days. However, there are limitations on this facility to cancel. If the educational course paid for has already occurred or the conference has already occurred, within the 14-day period, and before the decision to cancel is notified, then no refund will be made in keeping with section 111(a) of the Consumer Rights Act 2022.

Any complaints in relation to the exercise of these rights, or related matters, can be addressed to the office of the Deputy General Secretary of the INMO, at the INMO Headquarters.

Please note no VAT is applicable to the payment for educational courses or conferences to the INMO.