Privacy policy

Last updated: 12 June 2026

Who we are

B&B Nursing Ltd is a training provider offering training, performance assessment and credentialing for students of the healthcare industry. Our website is www.bandbnursing.ie.

We are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy, and we want you to feel safe when you give us your personal details. We will always clearly identify ourselves in correspondence and on our website. This notice explains what information we collect, why we collect it, and the rights you have over it.

For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the “GDPR”), the data controller is:

B&B Nursing Ltd Ballyduff, Co. Waterford Email: info@bandbnursing.ie Phone: 087 686 5034

In this document, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to B&B Nursing Ltd. You can read more about your rights and our obligations at www.dataprotection.ie.

The personal data we collect

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. What we collect depends on the service you need from us. We maintain the same privacy practices for data collected online and offline, and this notice covers both.

Students and applicants

• Contact information: name, email address, current address and phone number
• Date of birth
• PPSN, for registration to programmes leading to QQI awards
• Employer details, where relevant
• Social welfare reference number, where relevant
• Garda vetting certificates, and ID and proof of address for the vetting process
• Medical card proof (a copy), where relevant

Website enquirers and newsletter subscribers

• The details you enter in our enquiry form: name, email address, phone number, course interest, location and your message
• Your email address, where you subscribe to our newsletter

Service suppliers

• Contact information: name, email address, phone number
• Credentials

Potential employees

• If you apply to work at B&B Nursing Ltd: name, contact details, CV, education and employment history

Special categories of personal data

We do not process special category data for the purposes of our services, and we ask that you do not include sensitive personal data (for example health information, religion, philosophical or political beliefs, or financial data) in enquiries or job applications. Documents collected for enrolment and placement, such as Garda vetting certificates and medical card proof, are collected only where required for your programme and are handled in line with this notice. [SOLICITOR REVIEW: confirm this paragraph correctly characterises the vetting and medical card processing.]

How we collect your information

Directly from you, when you:

• Fill in the enquiry form on our website
• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Submit an application for a course
• Correspond with us by email, phone or otherwise
• Meet with us one-to-one, in person or virtually

Through our website. When you submit our enquiry or newsletter forms, your entry is stored securely in our website’s database and sent to us by email so we can respond. Our website may also collect technical information from your visit, including the date and time of access, the pages accessed, your internet service provider and IP address, and the address of the site you linked from. We use this information to understand how the website is used and to improve it. For details of the cookies and similar technologies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

Our website may include third-party plug-ins and links to other sites. Those third parties have their own privacy policies, which you should read.

Why we process your data: our legal bases

Contract. Where you enrol with us, we process the information you give us to carry out our obligations: delivering programmes, assessing work, managing your requests and maintaining your student file.

Legitimate interests. We may process information where there is a legitimate interest in doing so, for example the necessary administration of our business. Where we rely on this basis, we first consider whether the same objective could be achieved another way, whether the processing might cause you harm, and whether you would reasonably expect us to process your data in that way.

Consent. Where there is no contract between us, for example when you browse our website, send an enquiry or subscribe to our newsletter, we process your information based on your consent. You can withdraw consent at any time by contacting info@bandbnursing.ie, and every newsletter we send includes an unsubscribe link. We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent.

Legal obligation. We may be required to provide information to legal and regulatory authorities on request, subject to correct authorisation and legal basis. An example is the submission of coursework and learner details to QQI for certification. We may also use information to verify your identity for security purposes or to keep our website safe and secure.

Who we share your data with

As a Quality and Qualifications Ireland accredited training provider, we are required to share relevant personal data with QQI for certification.

We also use third-party service providers contracted to B&B Nursing Ltd in delivering our services, including our website hosting, form and email providers. Any third party we share your data with is obliged to keep your details secure and to use them only to fulfil the service they provide on our behalf. We have reviewed the third parties we share data with to ensure they are aware of their responsibilities under the GDPR. For details of the third parties we use, contact info@bandbnursing.ie.

Data transfers

In some circumstances it may be necessary to transfer your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). We will only transfer data to recipients in countries approved by the EU Commission, or where appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data. For further information on these safeguards, email info@bandbnursing.ie.

How long we keep your information

We keep your information for no longer than it is required or allowed. For information on the retention period for your data, contact info@bandbnursing.ie.

Keeping your data accurate

Please keep us up to date with any changes to your personal details, so the information we hold about you stays accurate.

Security

Appropriate security measures are in place to protect your data against accidental loss and unauthorised access, including:

• Access to your data is limited to those who need it for business purposes
• Secure servers are used to store your information
• The identity of anyone requesting access to information is verified before access is granted
• Encryption is used to secure personal data
• Information is transferred via closed systems or encrypted transfers

Transmission of information over the internet is never entirely secure. If you submit information to us over the internet, whether by email, through our website or by other means, you do so at your own risk, and we cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage arising from your decision to transmit information by such means. [SOLICITOR REVIEW: liability wording carried over from the previous policy.]

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law you have the right to:

• Access – ask us for copies of your personal information
• Rectification – ask us to correct information you think is inaccurate, or complete information you think is incomplete
• Erasure – ask us to erase your personal information, in certain circumstances
• Object – ask us to stop processing your personal data for profiling or direct marketing
• Restriction of processing – object to the processing of your personal data, in certain circumstances
• Data portability – ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation or to you, in certain circumstances

There is no charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond. Exemptions may apply if a request is considered excessive or repetitive. To make a request, contact info@bandbnursing.ie.

How to complain

If you wish to complain about how your personal data is being processed by B&B Nursing Ltd, or about how a complaint has been handled, contact us at info@bandbnursing.ie. You also have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority, the Data Protection Commission: https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/contact/how-contact-us or info@dataprotection.ie.

Changes to this policy

B&B Nursing Ltd may change this policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page with an updated date. Changes are effective from the point at which they are posted. Please review this policy periodically. By using our services, you agree to this privacy policy.