Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 29th of November 2024

At Homme.ie (“we”, “us”, “our”), we are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.homme.ie (“Site”) and purchase products through our online store.

By accessing or using our Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1. Personal Data

While using our Site, we may collect personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This includes:

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, telephone number, postal address.
  • Account Information: Username and password when you create an account.
  • Transaction Information: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
  • Payment Information: Credit/debit card numbers and billing addresses, processed securely through our payment gateway providers.
  • Communication Information: Feedback, survey responses, and correspondence with our customer service.

1.2. Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Site is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This may include:

  • Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types, operating system.
  • Usage Information: Pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

1.3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information.

  • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
  • Types of Cookies Used:
    • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the Site to function.
    • Analytical Cookies: Help us understand how our Site is used.
    • Advertising Cookies: Used to deliver advertisements relevant to you.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data for various purposes:

  • To Process Transactions: To manage your orders, payments, and deliver the products you have purchased.
  • To Provide Customer Support: To respond to your inquiries, comments, or concerns.
  • To Send Administrative Information: To notify you about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
  • To Send Marketing Communications: To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about goods and services.
  • To Improve Our Site: To analyze data to understand user behavior and preferences to enhance user experience.
  • To Protect Against Fraud: To monitor and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Homme.ie’s legal basis for collecting and using personal information depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it:

  • Performance of a Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
  • Consent: You have given us permission to do so.
  • Legal Obligations: Compliance with the law.
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your Personal Data with:

  • Service Providers: Third-party companies to facilitate our services, such as payment processors, shipping companies, and analytics providers.
  • Legal Obligations: If required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
  • Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your Personal Data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

  • Secure Payment Processing: All payment transactions are processed through secure gateways and are not stored or processed on our servers.
  • SSL Encryption: We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt data transmitted over the internet.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

7. Your Rights (GDPR Compliance)

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the following data protection rights:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your Personal Data.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your Personal Data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at patrons@homme.ie.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state or country where data protection laws may differ. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

9. Third-Party Services

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Homme.ie
Email: patrons@homme.ie
Address: 71 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

Who we are

Suggested text: Our website address is: https://homme.ie.

 

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized 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.

 

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

 

Cookies

Suggested text: 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.

 

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: 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.

 

Who we share your data with

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

 

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

 

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: 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

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

 

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