At The Website Shop Ltd (Company Registration Number Ireland: 563514) we take your data privacy seriously and strive to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR).
On our website we use contact forms where we request your information (Name, Company, Phone Number, Email Address and any other information you choose to provide relating to your query). We use this information to respond to your enquiry and to provide our services, based on your consent or our legitimate interest in communicating with you. The information you send us is used for these purposes only and is not shared with any third party except as necessary to provide our services (for example, payment processors).
The connection between the device you use to access our website and our server is encrypted via SSL encryption (Secure Sockets Layer). SSL is the industry standard for encrypting this connection and allows the information you pass through our website to be protected from interception.
When you make a payment via our website, your payment details are encrypted and processed by Stripe, a third-party payment processor. Our server does not store your payment details (card type, card numbers, CVV). Stripe complies with GDPR and other relevant security standards.
We retain your personal data for a maximum of 6 months, unless a longer retention period is required for legal or legitimate business reasons. After this period, your information is deleted or anonymised.
In the event of a data breach, we will notify the Data Protection Commission (DPC) within 72 hours of becoming aware. If the breach is likely to result in a high risk to your rights or freedoms, we will also inform you directly without undue delay.
Under the GDPR, you have the right to:
Request access to any personal information we hold about you (Right of Access)
Request correction of any inaccuracies in your personal data (Right to Rectification)
Request deletion of your personal data (Right to Erasure)
Request restriction of processing (Right to Restrict Processing)
Receive your personal data in a portable format (Right to Data Portability)
Opt in or out of direct marketing and object to processing based on legitimate interest (Right to Object)
Lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission if you believe your data has been mishandled
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We endeavour to respond to all requests within 7 working days.
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This policy was last reviewed on 9th October 2025.
