Who we are. This website is run by LatWest, Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland. For privacy questions, please write to info [at] latwest [dot] ie.
Cookies. This website does not use cookies. Fonts and images are served from the website itself, not from other companies’ servers.
Visitor statistics. To know how many people visit the site and which sections they read, we use GoatCounter. It counts visits without cookies and does not store information that could identify an individual visitor. We only see totals, such as how many times a page was opened and from which country.
Contact form. If you write to us through the contact form, we receive your name, email address and message. The message is forwarded to our email by the FormSubmit service (formsubmit.co). We use this information only to reply to you. We do not share it with anyone and do not use it for marketing. We keep correspondence only as long as needed to deal with your enquiry.
“Latvians Worldwide”: map, notes and communities. In this section you can add information yourself. It is stored in the Supabase database service, with servers in Ireland (EU). Amber map: only the country and town you enter; we do not collect names. Notes by the fire: the text, the name or nickname you enter, and the country; notes are visible to all visitors and are automatically translated into English. Communities and organisations: name, type, country, town, website and social media links, and a contact email; everything is public except the email, which only we can see. Games and likes: only the country, the score and the number of likes, with no personal data.
Publishing and removing entries. Notes and community entries appear on the site straight away. We review them and remove anything unsuitable. Entries are kept for as long as they are shown on the site. If you would like your entry removed, write to us.
Technical data. The site is hosted by Netlify. Like any web server, it briefly records technical information, such as IP addresses and request times, for security purposes.
Links to other websites. The site links to public bodies, partners and other services, including an anonymous research survey on the Tally platform. When you follow these links, the privacy terms of those websites apply.
Your rights. You have the right to know what information we hold about you, to ask us to correct or delete it, and to object to its use. Write to us and we will reply within one month. You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commission: www.dataprotection.ie.
