Privacy Policy

W.ie Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 June 2026

1. Who we are

W.ie is operated by:

[FULL COMPANY NAME] LIMITED
Company number: [NUMBER]
Registered office: [ADDRESS]
Email: hello@w.ie

For data-protection purposes, the company is normally the controller of personal information collected through W.ie.

2. Information we collect

We may collect:

Information visitors provide

• name;
• email address;
• telephone number;
• enquiry information;
• recommendations;
• newsletter choices;
• competition entries; and
• correspondence.

Information supplied by businesses and organisers

• contact names;
• job titles;
• business email addresses;
• telephone numbers;
• billing information;
• listing content;
• event information;
• account and order history; and
• communications with W.ie.

Technical information

• IP address;
• browser and device type;
• pages visited;
• referral source;
• approximate location;
• cookie identifiers;
• interaction data; and
• website security logs.

Public business information

W.ie may collect limited business information from publicly available sources when researching or creating prospective listings. This may include business contact details and the names of publicly identified owners or representatives.

3. How we use information

We may use personal information to:

• operate W.ie;
• respond to enquiries;
• process applications and recommendations;
• create and maintain listings;
• verify authority to manage a listing;
• process payments;
• provide customer service;
• communicate about orders and renewals;
• promote W.ie and listed businesses;
• send marketing where permitted;
• improve website performance;
• prevent misuse and fraud;
• maintain records;
• comply with legal obligations; and
• establish or defend legal claims.

4. Lawful bases

Depending on the circumstances, we rely on:

Contract

To process listing orders, payments and communications needed to provide purchased services.

Legitimate interests

To operate and improve W.ie, communicate with business contacts, research suitable businesses, maintain security and promote relevant business services where those interests are not overridden by individual rights.

Consent

For optional marketing where consent is required and for non-essential cookies or tracking technologies.

Legal obligation

To maintain legally required financial, taxation and regulatory records.

Legal claims

Where processing is needed to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

5. Marketing

We may send service communications relating to an application, listing, event or payment.

Marketing messages will be sent only where permitted by applicable law. Every electronic marketing message will provide an appropriate way to unsubscribe.

Publicly available business contact information is not automatically exempt from data-protection requirements. Where W.ie uses named business contacts for outreach, it must have a lawful basis and explain the use of the information.

6. Payments

Payments may be processed through Shopify, PayPal, Revolut, a bank-transfer provider or another payment service shown at checkout.

W.ie may receive payment status, billing details and transaction references. Full card details are generally processed by the payment provider rather than stored directly by W.ie.

Payment providers process information under their own privacy terms.

7. Sharing information

We may share information with:

• website and ecommerce providers;
• hosting and cloud-service suppliers;
• payment processors;
• email and customer-management services;
• website analytics providers;
• professional advisers;
• contractors working for W.ie;
• regulators, law-enforcement bodies or courts where required; and
• a purchaser or successor if the business is sold or reorganised.

We do not sell personal information to advertisers.

8. International transfers

Some suppliers may store or access information outside the UK or European Economic Area.

Where required, we use recognised safeguards such as adequacy regulations, adequacy decisions or approved contractual protections.

9. Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary.

Typical retention periods may include:

• general enquiries: up to two years;
• unsuccessful applications: up to two years;
• active listing records: for the listing period and a reasonable period afterwards;
• contracts, invoices and payment records: normally six years or for the period required by tax law;
• marketing information: until consent is withdrawn or an objection is received; and
• security logs: for a limited period appropriate to fraud and security monitoring.

W.ie should adopt an internal retention schedule before launch rather than treating these periods as automatic in every case.

10. Your rights

Depending on applicable law and circumstances, individuals may have rights to:

• access their personal information;
• correct inaccurate information;
• request deletion;
• restrict processing;
• object to processing;
• receive certain information in a portable format;
• withdraw consent; and
• complain to a data-protection regulator.

Rights are not absolute and legal exemptions may apply.

11. Complaints

Please contact W.ie first at:

hello@w.ie

As a Northern Ireland-based controller, the principal regulator will ordinarily be the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

Individuals in the Republic of Ireland may also contact the Irish Data Protection Commission where it is competent to consider the matter.

12. Security

We use reasonable administrative, contractual and technical measures intended to protect personal information.

No internet-based service can be guaranteed completely secure.

13. Children

W.ie is intended for a general audience and for business promotion. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children for commercial marketing.

14. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will appear on W.ie with its revision date.

The privacy notice should be readily accessible wherever W.ie collects information, including contact forms, recommendation forms, listing applications, event submissions and checkout. ICO guidance requires clear information about the controller, purposes, lawful bases, sharing, retention, rights and complaints.