Privacy policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the ‘Information on the responsible body’ section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other order enquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. In addition, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time if you have any questions about this or other data protection issues.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Wix.com Ltd., 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel (hereinafter ‘WIX’).

WIX is a tool for creating and hosting websites. When you visit our website, WIX is used to analyse user behaviour, visitor sources, the region of website visitors and visitor numbers. WIX stores cookies on your browser that are necessary for the display of the website and to ensure security (necessary cookies).

The data collected via WIX may be stored on various servers worldwide. WIX's servers are located in the USA, among other places.

For details, please refer to WIX's privacy policy: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy.

According to WIX, data transfers to the USA and other third countries are based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission or comparable guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR. Details can be found here: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy-dpa-users.

We use Wix.com Ltd. to host and operate this website. Processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest in providing a secure, reliable and functional website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Where we ask for your consent, for example through our cookie banner, processing is based solely on that consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). This applies in particular to the storage of cookies or similar technologies on your device, or access to information already stored on it, other than what is strictly necessary for the operation of the website (Regulation 5(3) of the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011, S.I. No. 336 of 2011).

You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your cookie settings on this website. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew your consent.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the US. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5626.

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

Information about the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Happy Place Home Organising

Carmen Frank

Kilcrohane, Bantry, Co. Cork

Ireland

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

We process your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018.

Where you have given your consent, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. Where special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9(1) GDPR are processed (for example, information about your health that you choose to share with us), we do so on the basis of your explicit consent under Article 9(2)(a) GDPR. Where you have given explicit consent to the transfer of your personal data to a country outside the European Economic Area, the transfer is also based on Article 49(1)(a) GDPR.

Where you have consented to the storage of cookies or similar technologies on your device, or to access to information already stored on your device, this is based on Regulation 5(3) of the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 336 of 2011). Cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of this website do not require your consent.

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew it.

Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, we rely on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, retaining records for Revenue purposes), we rely on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. We may also process your data where it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms, in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Recipients of personal data

We only share your personal data with third parties where this is necessary to provide our services, where we are legally required to do so, where we have a legitimate interest in doing so (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), or where you have given your consent.

The categories of recipients who may receive your personal data are:

Website hosting and booking: Wix.com Ltd., which hosts this website and processes data submitted through our contact and booking forms.
Email and communication: [name of email provider, e.g. Google Workspace], which we use to communicate with you.
Professional advisers: our accountant, where necessary for bookkeeping and tax purposes.
Public authorities: for example, the Revenue Commissioners, where we are required to share information by law.
Banks and payment providers: to process payments you make to us.

Where we use a service provider that processes personal data on our behalf (a “processor”), we only do so under a written data processing agreement that meets the requirements of Article 28 GDPR. Where we determine the purposes and means of processing jointly with another organisation, we put in place an arrangement in accordance with Article 26 GDPR.

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Withdrawing your consent

Where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time, for example by emailing us at hello@happyplace-organising.com. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew your consent.

Your right to object (Article 21 GDPR)

Where we process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), you have the right to object to that processing at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation. This also applies to any profiling based on that provision. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (Article 21(1) GDPR).

Where we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing, including any profiling related to it. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data for direct marketing purposes (Article 21(2) GDPR).

To exercise your right to object, simply email us at hello@happyplace-organising.com.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Information, correction and deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time with any questions you may have on this subject or on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do so. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.

- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.

- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from ‘http://’ to ‘https://’ and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

4. Data collection on this website

Our websites use so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for the provision of certain functions requested by you (e.g. for the shopping basket function) or for the optimisation of the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.