Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how Summerville Wagyu collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website summervillewagyu.ie. We are fully committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that any personal data you provide is handled in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who We Are

Summerville Wagyu is the data controller responsible for the personal information you provide through our website or other communications. If you have any questions about this policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at: info@summervillewagyu.ie

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

Name and contact details (e.g. email address, phone number, delivery address)
Order and payment details (processed securely through third-party payment providers)
Information about your preferences and interests
Technical data (e.g. IP address, browser type, browsing behaviour) via cookies
Any information you voluntarily provide (e.g. in contact forms or customer feedback)

3. How We Use Your Data

We process your personal data for the following lawful purposes:

To fulfil your orders and provide customer support (contractual obligation)
To send you updates, special offers, or product promotions (with your consent)
To improve our website, products, and services (legitimate interest)
To conduct market research or customer feedback surveys (legitimate interest or consent)
To comply with legal obligations (e.g. tax, fraud prevention)

You may withdraw your consent to marketing communications at any time by contacting us at info@summervillewagyu.ie or by using the unsubscribe link in our emails.

4. How We Protect Your Data

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure your personal data and protect it against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Examples include:

Secure servers and SSL encryption
Access controls for staff
Regular data protection training

5. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties.

We may share your data with trusted service providers (e.g. couriers, payment processors, IT support), only when necessary to deliver our services. These providers are bound by data protection obligations and may not use your data for any other purpose.

We may also disclose your data where required by law or to protect our legal rights.

6. International Data Transfers

If we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure that adequate safeguards are in place (such as standard contractual clauses) to protect your information.

7. Your Data Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Right to access – Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification – Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to erasure – Request deletion of your data in certain circumstances.
Right to restrict processing – Ask us to limit how we use your data.
Right to data portability – Request your data in a format you can move elsewhere.
Right to object – Object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
Right to withdraw consent – Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of your rights, please contact:
info@summervillewagyu.ie

We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

9. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to improve user experience and analyse website traffic. For more details, please refer to our separate Cookie Policy.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website may include links to other websites. We do not control these third-party sites and are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices. We encourage you to read their privacy notices when visiting.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please check this page periodically to ensure you are aware of any changes. Any significant updates will be communicated via email or on our website.

12. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your data, please contact us directly.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (Ireland) or your local data protection authority.