Privacy Policy
At Fourth Transition Ltd, we understand that privacy is an important issue for visitors to the Fourth Transition website and its related domains. The following information is designed to help visitors understand what information we collect from our site and how we handle and use the information after that.
Who We Are
Fourth Transition Ltd is a limited company registered in Ireland. We are part of the Fourth Transition Initiative (FTI) network, specialising in tech development for catalysing a global paradigm change in how we access and use energy.
Contact Information:
Fourth Transition Ltd
The Black Church
St Mary's Place
Dublin 7
Ireland
Newsletter Communications
FTI Network Privacy Framework
Fourth Transition Ltd participates in the Fourth Transition Initiative (FTI) communication network. For newsletter subscriptions and email communications, data processing is governed by the comprehensive FTI Privacy Policy available at https://www.coolplanet-foundation.org/privacy
What This Means for You
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Newsletter subscriptions are processed according to the FTI Privacy Policy
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Cross-FTI communications may occur as detailed in the FTI Privacy Policy
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Email service provider (MailerLite, Ireland) processes your data per FTI standards
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Dfinity Foundation provides decentralised infrastructure and identity capability for processing subscription preferences and comments
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Data controller relationships are explained in the FTI Privacy Policy
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Your rights regarding newsletter data are detailed in the FTI Privacy Policy
Organisation-Specific Newsletter Content
When you subscribe to Fourth Transition Ltd newsletters specifically, we process:
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Email address (required)
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Name (optional)
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Subscription preferences for Fourth Transition Ltd content
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Engagement data (opens, clicks) for service improvement
Legal Basis: Your explicit consent under GDPR Article 6(1)(a) and Article 7.
Information Collection and Use
Fourth Transition Ltd is the sole owner of any information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different to what is disclosed in this statement. Fourth Transition Ltd may, from time to time, make changes to this policy. We recommend that users of this site re-visit this privacy policy on occasion to learn of new privacy practices or changes to our policy. Fourth Transition Ltd may collect information from our visitors at several different points on our website.
General Enquiries
If a user contacts Fourth Transition Ltd with a general enquiry, the user may need to enter personal information into the Fourth Transition website (for example contact details). Fourth Transition Ltd will use this personal information to respond to the enquiry and track further correspondence. Personal information collected is not used for any other purpose.
Cookie Preferences and Privacy Settings
Cookies are small text files that a site transfers to a visitor’s hard disk or browser for added functionality or for tracking site usage. In order to measure the effectiveness of our online presence, the Fourth Transition website uses a cookie consent system powered by Usercentrics to determine the path users take on our site and to identify repeat visitors of our site. We do not use cookies to gather personal information such as a person’s name or e-mail address.
Please note: some privacy-focused browsers (such as Brave) automatically block cookie consent banners. If you are using one of these browsers, you may not see our banner, but you can still manage your cookie preferences directly in your browser. Note that until consent is manually given via your browser settings, privacy focused browsers may not offer full site functionality.
For Brave users to see the banner: click the Brave lion icon → lower Shields for your site or disable “Block cookie consent notices” (this toggle exists in Brave’s Shields/Privacy settings, and is on by default on mobile). You may then refresh to view our cookie consent banner.
External Links
The Fourth Transition website may contain links to other sites. Please take note that Fourth Transition Ltd is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this site.
Changes to Fourth Transition Ltd Policy
Fourth Transition Ltd may, from time to time, make changes to this policy. We recommend that users of this site re-visit this privacy policy on occasion to learn of new privacy practices or changes to our policy.