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Privacy notice.
What we collect, why, and the choices you have. This website uses no cookies or tracking.
In short: this website uses no cookies, analytics or tracking. If you email us, we use your details to reply and, if you ask for one, to prepare a demo of your website. We don’t sell your data or add you to a marketing list.
Who we are
Grand Canal Digital is a sole-trader business run by [your full name], based in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland. In this notice, “we” and “us” mean Grand Canal Digital. [your full name] is the data controller for the personal data described here.
Contact: hello@gcdigital.ie
Postal address: [postal address for data protection correspondence]
What this website collects
This website has no cookies, analytics or tracking pixels. It doesn’t embed videos or maps, and it doesn’t load fonts or scripts from other companies, so it never stores or reads anything on your device.
Like any website, the server needs your IP address to send you the page. Cloudflare hosts the site and processes technical data such as IP addresses and request details to deliver it and protect it from attacks. We don’t use this data to identify you. Cloudflare’s privacy policy is at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
When you email us
If you email us, for example to ask for a free demo, we get whatever you choose to send. That’s usually:
- your name and email address
- your business name, what you do and your town
- your current website or Facebook page
- anything else you include in your message
Please don’t send sensitive information (such as health details) by email unless it’s needed.
Why we use it, and the legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR Article 6) |
|---|---|
| Replying to your enquiry and preparing a free demo you asked for | Steps taken at your request before entering a contract (6(1)(b)), or our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (6(1)(f)) |
| Building and supporting your website if you become a client | Performance of a contract (6(1)(b)) |
| Keeping invoices and accounting records | Legal obligation (6(1)(c)), under Irish tax law |
| Keeping this website secure and working | Legitimate interests (6(1)(f)) |
We don’t use your data for automated decision-making or profiling, and we don’t add you to a mailing list.
Who we share it with
We only share personal data with the service providers we use to run the business, and their contracts require them to protect it:
- Email provider: [provider name, e.g. the company that hosts hello@gcdigital.ie]
- Website hosting: Cloudflare, Inc. (Cloudflare Pages)
- Accounting and invoicing: [provider name, or delete this line]
- Our accountant: [name of firm, or delete this line], for client invoices only
We may also disclose data if the law requires it.
Transfers outside the EEA
Some providers, including Cloudflare, may process data outside the European Economic Area, for example in the United States. Where that happens, it is protected by an approved safeguard such as the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. [Confirm the safeguard each provider relies on.]
How long we keep it
- Enquiries that don’t lead to work: [e.g. 12 months] after our last contact, then deleted.
- Client project files and correspondence: [e.g. for as long as we support your site, plus 2 years].
- Invoices and accounting records: 6 years, as required by Irish tax law.
- Hosting logs: kept by Cloudflare for a short period under its own policies. [confirm]
Your rights
You have the right to:
- ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- ask us to correct it, or to delete it
- ask us to restrict how we use it, or object to our using it
- ask for your data in a portable format, where that applies
To use any of these rights, email hello@gcdigital.ie. We’ll reply within one month, and in most cases there’s no charge.
If you’re unhappy with how we’ve handled your data, please tell us first so we can try to put it right. You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission at dataprotection.ie.
Cookies
This website doesn’t use cookies or similar technologies. If that changes, we’ll update this notice first and ask for your consent where the law requires it.
Changes to this notice
We’ll update this page if anything changes. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.