Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Urban Bulletinium operates at 31 Eyre Square, Galway, H91 P5Y8, Ireland. We can be contacted at [email protected] or by telephone at +353 91 566 577. We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when you voluntarily provide it. The data we may collect includes:

• Contact form submissions: Name, email address, telephone number, and the content of your message.
• Website usage data: If analytics cookies are accepted, we may collect anonymised data about how visitors use our website, including pages viewed, time spent on site, and referral sources.
• Cookie preferences: We store your cookie consent choice in a cookie on your device.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the following legal bases under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as applied in Ireland:

• Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): Responding to enquiries submitted through our contact form.
• Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR): For non-essential cookies, where you have provided explicit consent via our cookie banner.
• Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR): Where we are required to retain or process data to comply with Irish or EU law.

4. How We Use Your Data

Personal data submitted via the contact form is used solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not use this data for marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

5. Data Retention

Enquiry data is retained for a period of 24 months from the date of submission, after which it is securely deleted. This period allows us to maintain a record of communications for operational and legal purposes. Analytics data, where applicable, is retained in anonymised form in accordance with the analytics provider's data retention settings.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

• Right of access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: You may request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• Right to erasure: You may request deletion of your personal data, subject to any legal obligations we have to retain it.
• Right to restriction of processing: You may request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability: Where processing is based on consent or contract, you may request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object: You may object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within one month of receipt of your request.

7. Complaints

If you believe your data protection rights have been infringed, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), the Irish supervisory authority for data protection. The DPC can be contacted at www.dataprotection.ie.

8. Cookies

We use cookies on this website. For detailed information on the cookies we use and how to manage your preferences, please see our Cookie Policy.

9. Third-Party Links

This website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies independently.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of this website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.