How Mooney (Boats) Limited collects, uses and protects personal information.
Mooney (Boats) Limited, trading as Mooney Boats, respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and share personal information when you visit our website, mooneyboats.ie, or contact us about our services. It also explains your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Ireland’s Data Protection Act 2018.
The data controller responsible for personal information processed through this website is:
Mooney (Boats) Limited
Registered Office: Shore Road, Killybegs,
Co. Donegal, Ireland, F94 AEC5
Company Registration Number (CRO): 74386
Email:
info@mooneyboats.ie
Telephone: +353 74 973 1152
This Privacy Policy applies to mooneyboats.ie. External websites, including our separate online shop, may have their own privacy policies.
We collect certain personal information when you contact us or use our website. We may also collect technical information relating to visits to mooneyboats.ie.
Personal data is information that identifies you or could reasonably be used to identify you.
When you submit an enquiry through our website contact form, we collect:
If you contact us directly by email or telephone, we may also collect your telephone number, correspondence details and any additional information you choose to provide.
We use this information primarily to respond to enquiries and communicate with you about our boatbuilding, repair, refurbishment and other marine services.
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected or processed, including your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited and interactions with website features.
Our website uses Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and visitor activity. Google reCAPTCHA is also used to help protect our contact form against spam and automated submissions.
Our website may also display content from third-party platforms, including YouTube and Vimeo. These services may process technical information when their content is loaded.
Some technical information, including IP addresses and online identifiers, may constitute personal data under applicable data protection legislation.
We may use aggregated website statistics to understand how visitors use our website and identify opportunities to improve its content, navigation and performance.
Information that has been genuinely anonymised so that individuals can no longer be identified is not considered personal data under GDPR.
Further information about cookies and tracking technologies is provided in the Cookies and Tracking section of this Privacy Policy.
Mooney (Boats) Limited collects and processes personal information only where there is a legitimate business purpose or another lawful basis under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
We use the personal information you provide through our contact form, email or telephone to respond to enquiries about our boatbuilding, vessel repair, refurbishment and other marine services.
Depending on the nature of your enquiry, this processing is based on our legitimate interest in responding to business communications or on taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Where an enquiry leads to further discussions, quotations or business arrangements, we may retain relevant correspondence for legitimate business purposes, contractual requirements or applicable legal obligations.
Enquiries received through our website are handled internally by appropriate Mooney Boats staff.
We process certain technical information where necessary to maintain website functionality, protect against unauthorised access and prevent spam or automated misuse.
This includes the use of Google reCAPTCHA on our contact form. Processing for website security is generally based on our legitimate interests, subject to applicable data protection and cookie requirements.
We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic, assess how visitors interact with our content and identify opportunities to improve the website.
The use of non-essential analytics cookies requires consent. Further details about these technologies and visitors’ choices are provided in the Cookies and Tracking section of this Privacy Policy.
We may also process or retain personal information where necessary to comply with applicable legal, regulatory or contractual obligations, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
We do not currently operate an email marketing list or use personal information submitted through our website contact form to send newsletters or unsolicited promotional emails.
Mooney (Boats) Limited respects the confidentiality of personal information provided through our website.
Customer enquiries are handled internally by authorised Mooney Boats staff. We do not routinely disclose enquiry details to external contractors, suppliers or other businesses, and we do not sell personal information or share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Certain third-party service providers may process personal information on our behalf where necessary to operate, maintain and secure our website.
These services include:
Where service providers process personal information on our behalf, we seek to ensure that appropriate data protection arrangements are in place, as required by applicable law.
We may disclose personal information where required by applicable law, a court order, regulatory authority or another legally binding obligation.
We may also disclose information where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Mooney Boats does not routinely transfer customer enquiries to businesses outside Ireland.
Some third-party website services, including Google Analytics, Google reCAPTCHA and embedded video providers, may process personal information outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Any such transfers must be subject to appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection legislation.
Mooney (Boats) Limited is committed to respecting your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Ireland’s Data Protection Act 2018.
Under data protection legislation, you have a number of rights concerning the personal information we hold about you. These rights are subject to certain conditions and legal exceptions.
If you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us at info@mooneyboats.ie .
We will respond to requests in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, normally within one month of receiving a valid request. Where permitted by law, this period may be extended for particularly complex requests.
We may need to verify your identity before processing a request to protect your personal information.
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, you may contact us directly.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission, Ireland’s independent data protection supervisory authority.
Data Protection Commission
Website:
www.dataprotection.ie
You do not have to contact us before making a complaint to the Data Protection Commission.
Our website, mooneyboats.ie, uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, maintain security and understand how visitors use our website.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly and can provide information about how visitors interact with online content.
Our website uses the following technologies:
Under applicable Irish and EU requirements, non-essential cookies, including analytics cookies, generally require visitor consent before they are used.
Visitors can also manage or delete cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
For further information about the use of cookies and personal information, or to exercise your data protection rights, please contact info@mooneyboats.ie .
Mooney (Boats) Limited takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, accidental loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure. Our website is hosted by Blacknight. Information submitted through our contact form is stored within our WordPress website database and forwarded by email to the company for handling by relevant staff. We aim to restrict access to personal information to authorised personnel who require it for legitimate business purposes. While we take reasonable precautions to protect personal information, no method of transmitting or storing data electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure. If you have concerns about the security of information you have provided to us, please contact info@mooneyboats.ie .
Mooney (Boats) Limited retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, taking account of relevant business needs and legal obligations.
Routine enquiries submitted through our website contact form are generally retained for up to 12 months, after which they are reviewed and deleted unless there is a legitimate reason for continued retention.
Correspondence relating to ongoing projects, quotations, contracts or legal obligations may be retained for longer where necessary.
We periodically review stored personal information and remove records that are no longer required.
Mooney (Boats) Limited may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, business operations, data processing activities or applicable legal requirements.
Any updates will be published on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be revised to indicate when the policy was most recently changed.
Where significant changes affect how we process personal information, we will provide additional notification where required by applicable data protection legislation.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle and protect personal information.