Welcome to Earthcare’s Privacy Policy

This policy sets out how we handle your personal information and is written in accordance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

By using or interacting with our site, you are consenting to the use of your information as explained in this Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree with these terms, then please don’t use our site

We collect personal information from you and any devices (including mobile devices) you use when you register an account, make a purchase, subscribe to a newsletter, or connect with us through one of our social media pages. Any personal information is deleted when it is no longer needed.

We take your privacy and the protection of your personal data very seriously. This means we will NOT use your personal data for any purposes other than to process your orders, send you information or answer your enquiries.

Our SSL certificate allows you to safely interact with our online shop over an HTTPS connection.

 

Data we collect from you

Personal data includes:

• Your name
• Your email & phone number
• Your delivery address
• We DO NOT collect your payment payment details.

 

How long we keep your personal information

We store this information for 1 year so that customers may make repeat orders. We need to retain some data indefinitely to support the services we offer such as unsubscribing from marketing communications or opting out of certain types of processing.

Internal use only:
Six years from end of fiscal year: personal data for accounting & financial management (receipts, purchase orders, invoices).

 

Partners we share your information with:

Unless otherwise required by law, we will never share your data with any third party other than our partners who play an important role in the legitimate operations of Earthcare.

These partners are:

1. Our hosting provider
2. Our newsletter provider (Mailchimp)
3. Our payment processor (eg. Stripe and Paypal)

1. HOSTING PARTNER
Our Hosting service provider ‘Eirbyte Ltd’ holds your personal data on servers that are located on a cloud VPS in a German datacenter using Green hydro power.

2. EMAIL PARTNER
We use Mailchimp to provide offers and updates on our services to you. They have a strict and secure data system.

3. PAYMENT PROCESSORS
When you make purchases from our site you are taken directly to our payment processor partners secure site. As such, you are no longer on our site and so we do not have any details about your credit cards or other payment details. We do NOT store your credit card number.

Stripe is one of our our payment processor partners and is the only entity who has access to your credit card number. Stripe’s services in Europe are provided by a Stripe affiliate —Stripe Payments Europe Limited — an entity located in Ireland. In providing Stripe Services, Stripe Payments Europe transfers personal data to Stripe, Inc. in the US. To ensure the adequate protection of personal data, Stripe has certified to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework.

We also use PayPal, whose security measures include firewalls and data encryption. Again we do NOT store your PayPal details.

 

Where your personal data is stored by us

The data that you provide to us is stored securely on data storage systems with our hosting partner (see above), as well as in spreadsheets for accounting purposes, and/or hard copy within a manual filing system. This is accessible only by us and our accountant.

 

Links

Our web site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites and we encourage you to read the privacy statements on other web sites you visit which collect personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on our web site.

 

Cookies

This website uses cookies to make using this site simpler. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer. They remember settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page. They also collect data on how you use the site. Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you.

Most of the cookies we use are deleted from your hard disk after you have finished and exited your browser session (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your computer and allow us to identify you again the next time you visit our site.

Our ecommerce platform does not allow third-parties to collect or process personal information through our site using cookies.

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting our users’ needs and to improve our service. It stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site and what you click on. It does not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. Your IP address is shortened directly on your computer and is sent to and saved by Google Inc. in this anonymised form.

There are also cookies that store basic data on your interactions with WordPress, the software running this website, and whether you have logged in.

Some cookies are set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. These can be things such as sharing buttons to allow visitors to share content onto social networks, eg. LinkedIn and Facebook.

Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies or to customise your settings for cookies. To do this look at the “help” menu on your browser. Please note that if you turn off cookies or change your settings, some features of this site may not work correctly.

 

Newsletters 

We use the world’s leading e-mail distribution service to send out our e-mails. The only information that Mail Chimp holds is your  e-mail address and if you’ve provided it, your name. Your details are secure and neither  https://ospreyvps.com/ nor Mail Chimp will EVER pass on your information to a third-party. The Mail Chimp system is fully compliant with Data Protection laws. This includes the option to unsubscribe from our mailings at any time, via the link at the bottom of each e-mail we send. The process is seamless and instant.

 

How you can access your personal information

You have the right to make a request to access any personal information we hold about you. Please write to: Earthcare, Cloonslanor, Strokestown, County Roscommon.