Privacy Policy and Data Protection

Who we are

Our website address is: https://beesboon.ie. This site is operated by Bee’s Boon, based in Ireland. For any privacy-related queries, you can contact us at beesboon@proton.me.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Harvest Updates, Newsletters, and CSA Schemes

If you sign up to receive our harvest updates, or if you opt-in to our future newsletter or Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) schemes, we collect your email address and name.

  • Lawful Basis: We process this data strictly based on your explicit consent, which you provide by actively ticking an un-pre-ticked opt-in box on our signup forms.
  • Purpose: We use this information to notify you when farm produce is available for order, and to send you updates regarding our newsletter or CSA membership options. We will never sell or rent your contact details to third parties.
  • Your Right to Opt-Out: You can unsubscribe from these updates at any time. Every marketing or update email we send will contain an explicit “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom. Alternatively, you can contact us directly to be removed.

Processing Sales and Customer Orders

When you buy products from our website, we collect the information necessary to fulfil your order. This includes your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and phone number.

  • Lawful Basis: We process this data because it is necessary for the performance of a contract (to fulfil and deliver your purchase).
  • Payment Processing: Your payment details (credit card numbers) are processed securely by our third-party payment gateways. We do not store your financial card data on our servers.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Harvest & Marketing Updates: We retain your email on our update list until you unsubscribe or request deletion. If you do not open any emails from us for [e.g., 24 months], we will automatically remove you.
Sales and Order Records: We retain your order history, invoices, and contact data associated with purchases for 6 years. This is a mandatory requirement under Irish Revenue tax laws for financial record-keeping.

Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help with spam detection. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Customer transaction and payment data is securely sent to our payment processor.
Email addresses for harvest updates, newsletters, and CSA alerts are processed through our secure email marketing platform.