Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Edel Garvey ("we", "us") collects, uses and protects personal data when you visit edelgarvey.ie or engage our ceremony or healing services. This policy is provided in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Data controller
Edel Garvey, County Galway, Ireland. For any privacy-related enquiry, contact us through the form on the website.
2. Data we collect
- Contact details you provide voluntarily through the enquiry form (name, email address, phone number, message).
- Ceremony information you share when planning a wedding, naming, vow renewal or other ceremony (such as names of those involved, location, dates, preferences).
- Technical data automatically collected by your browser when visiting the site (IP address, browser type, pages visited, referrer). This data is processed for security and basic statistics only.
3. Why we use it
- To respond to your enquiry and arrange consultations.
- To plan, deliver and document your ceremony or healing session.
- To meet our legal obligations as a registered solemniser under the Civil Registration Act 2004 (where relevant to a legal marriage).
- To keep the website secure and improve its content.
4. Legal basis
We process your data based on your consent (when you submit the form), the performance of a contract (when you book a ceremony or session), and legal obligations (for legally binding marriage records).
5. Sharing your data
We do not sell your data. Personal data is only shared where strictly necessary: with the General Register Office and HSE (for legally binding marriages), with hosting and email providers acting as data processors, or where required by Irish law.
6. Retention
Enquiry data is kept for up to 24 months after our last contact unless you ask us to delete it sooner. Marriage-related records are retained as required by Irish civil registration law.
7. Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing of, or port your personal data, and to object to processing. To exercise any of these rights, contact us through the website. You may also lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie).
8. Cookies
This website uses only essential cookies needed to keep the site functioning. No third-party advertising or tracking cookies are set.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date above will reflect the most recent version.
The legal texts on this website have been reviewed and verified by akordans.com.
← Back to home