Privacy Policy

Last updated: 23 April 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Wild Meadow Press (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from wildmeadowpress.ie (the “Site”). This policy is provided in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.

The data controller is:

Wild Meadow Press

12 Pairc Na mBlath, Ballinroad, Dungarvan, Ireland

Email: wildmeadowpress@gmail.com

 

 

1. Personal information we collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

 

    • Cookies are data files that are placed on your device and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
    • Log files track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
    • Web beacons, tags and pixels are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (such as credit card numbers processed by our payment provider), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.

When you contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, or leave a comment on the Site, we may collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information, as well as any other information you provide to us.

 

2. How we use your personal information

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfil any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

 

    • Communicate with you about your order.
    • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud.
    • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimise our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

 

3. Legal basis for processing

Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases to process your Personal Information:

 

    • Performance of a contract, where processing is necessary to fulfil your order.
    • Legitimate interests, such as fraud prevention, site security, and improving our services.
    • Consent, where you have given it — for example, to receive marketing emails. You can withdraw consent at any time.
    • Legal obligation, such as retaining sales records for tax and accounting purposes.

 

4. Sharing your personal information

We share your Personal Information with third parties who help us use it as described above. For example:

 

    • Payment processors — Square to process payments securely.
    • Shipping providers — An Post and/or couriers to deliver your order.
    • Website hosting and infrastructure — our hosting provider and technical service providers.
    • Email and marketing platforms — if you subscribe to our newsletter.
    • Analytics — we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

 

5. International data transfers

Some of the service providers listed above may process your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this happens, we ensure an adequate level of protection is in place, for example through Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

 

6. Your rights under GDPR

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA, you have the following rights in relation to your Personal Information:

 

    • The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
    • The right to rectification of inaccurate data.
    • The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”).
    • The right to restrict processing.
    • The right to data portability.
    • The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
    • The right to withdraw consent at any time.
    • The right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (www.dataprotection.ie).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address above.

Additionally, we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.

 

7. Data retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Order Information for our records for a minimum of six years in order to comply with Irish tax and accounting law, unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

Newsletter subscription data is retained until you unsubscribe.

 

8. Cookies

We use cookies to make the Site work, to remember your preferences (for example, items in your basket), and to help us understand how visitors use the Site. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling some cookies may affect site functionality, in particular the checkout.

 

9. Children

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

 

10. Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was most recently revised.

 

11. Contact us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at wildmeadowpress@gmail.com or by post at:

Wild Meadow Press, 13 Pairc na mBlath, Ballinroad, Dungarvan, Ireland.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland. Website: www.dataprotection.ie.