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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Martin Jarabik, trading as Martin Jarabik Web Design, based in Cork, Ireland ("we", "us", "our"). We are the data controller responsible for the personal data collected through this website.

If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at mjarabik13@gmail.com.

2. What Data We Collect

When you use the contact form on this website or book a consultation call, we may collect:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your phone number (if provided)
  • Any information you choose to share in your message

Beyond this, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) may retain standard server logs for security and performance purposes. We do not use tracking, analytics, or advertising cookies.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the information you provide solely to:

  • Respond to your enquiry
  • Discuss and provide the web design services you have requested
  • Communicate with you about your project

We will never use your data for marketing purposes without your explicit consent, and we will never sell or rent your personal data to any third party.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under GDPR Article 6:

  • Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)): responding to and following up on enquiries about our services.
  • Contractual necessity (Article 6(1)(b)): where processing is necessary to perform a contract or take steps at your request prior to entering into one.
  • Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): where you have freely given consent for a specific purpose.

5. Third Parties We Share Data With

To provide our services, we use the following third-party tools that may process your data:

We do not share your personal data with any other third parties.

6. International Data Transfers

Some of our third-party service providers (such as Calendly) may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with GDPR Chapter V, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. In practice, enquiry and project correspondence is kept for up to two years, after which it is securely deleted. You may request deletion at any time.

8. Your Rights Under GDPR

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts 2018, you have the following rights:

  • Right of access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data where there is no legitimate reason for us to continue processing it.
  • Right to restriction of processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to data portability: You can ask us to provide your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
  • Right to object: You can object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests.
  • Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at mjarabik13@gmail.com. We will respond within one month of receiving your request, as required by law.

9. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), the supervisory authority for data protection in Ireland:

Data Protection Commission
21 Fitzwilliam Square South
Dublin 2, D02 RD28
Ireland
Website: www.dataprotection.ie
Phone: +353 01 765 0100

10. Cookies

This website does not use tracking cookies, analytics cookies, or advertising cookies. No personal data is collected automatically through cookies. No cookie consent banner is required as we do not set any non-essential cookies.

11. Automated Decision-Making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling in relation to your personal data.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law or our practices. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated. We encourage you to review this page periodically.