Privacy Policy

The Dying Cow fully respect your right to privacy and to protection of your personal data when you use our website. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us and our commitment under the Data Protections Act 1988 – 2018 and GDPR.

We are The Dying Cow privately owned business established in Ireland and operating under Irish law. Our primary business address is Stranakelly, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow. Any references in this policy to “we”, “us”, “our”, and/or The Dying Cow is in reference to The Dying Cow as a privately owned Irish business. As a business, we are committed to safeguarding your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Acts. For any questions regarding this privacy policy, or to exercise your rights as a data subject, you can contact us at: Email Address: info@thedyingcow.ie, Phone Number: 00 353 (0)xxx xxxx. If you would like further information about how we process your personal data, please continue reading this privacy policy.

The Dying Cow only collect and use individual user details where we have legitimate business reasons, and where we are legally entitled to do so. Information in relation to personal data collected by Irish entities is available on www.dataprotection.ie, the website of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. The Dying Cow collects the details provided by you from the Contact Form together with the Newsletter and the information we learn about you from your use of our service and your visits to our website and other sites accessible from it. We may collect additional information in connection with your participation in any promotions or competitions offered by us and information you provide when giving us feedback. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and site use which enables us to improve the service we provide.

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. In particular we use the information for the following:- We use WordPress as our website software – please see WordPress Privacy Policy We use WooCommerce for our online payments – please see WooCommerce Privacy Policy We use Stripe payment gateway to process credit card payments – please see Stripe Privacy Policy Compliance with legal obligations – retention of credit records as per Finance Acts. Contractual necessity – processing of your data is required to fulfill a contract – i.e. to process and deliver the service. For more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.” We may send promotional emails about new services, special offers or other information that you may find interesting using the email address you submit to us via our newsletter. We may also use your contact information – phone, email or postal address – to contact you for market research purposes. The information we have will be used to customise the website according to your interests.

The Dying Cow will hold onto your personal data if you have purchased any of our services, in accordance with the Data Protection Act/Finance Acts, for 6 years.

We will never pass your personal data to anyone else unless the disclosure is required by Law. We may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individual customers are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes.

We may contact you to provide you with information about our services, activities or online content. You should only receive such correspondence and updates from The Dying Cow, if you have agreed to in response to any contact you have made with us, e.g. via the Contact Us facility. It will be made clear to you where you have these choices, for example, by providing tick boxes for you to decide whether you wish to receive correspondence. Where we wish to use your personal information in any other way, we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for the use of your personal information for purposes other than those listed in this document.

Our website may contain links to other websites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. We cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites.

Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit some websites. We may use cookies to help identify your computer so we can tailor your experience on our website. You can disable any cookies already stored on your computer but these may stop our website functioning properly. The following are required to provide you with the best user experience and also to tell us which pages you find most interesting (anonymously) Functional Cookies This website will: – Track the pages you visit via Google Analytics Targeting Cookies This website will: – Allow you to share pages with social networks such as Facebook, and Instagram – Allow you to share pages via social media icons This Website will not – Share any personal information with third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. By using the website, you are agreeing to the use of cookies as described. The help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. You can also disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer. For more information about cookies and managing them, including how to turn them off, please visit www.cookiecentral.com. However, because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of our website’s essential features, we recommend you leave them turned on.

Applications developed in connection with the website for mobile devices will operate and capture information as set out above. Applications developed by us but deployed on other platforms such as social media channels may provide feedback to us on activity and usage specific to a user. Note: If you are aged 18 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information to us. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

The Data Controller for these Website and services provided through this Website is Eamon Dolan by emailing info@thedyingcow.ie You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under data protection legislation. If you would like a copy of the personal data or have any queries regarding our use of personal data please contact we have about you, please email us at info@thedyingcow.ie or write to: The Dying Cow, Stranakelly, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow. If any of the information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete please write or email us at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.