Privacy Policy

Last updated 12 November 2026.

Who we are

This website is run by Halpin Digital Services Limited, trading as Digital Influence (registered in Ireland, company number 767780, registered office: Tír na Gréine, Gort, Vicarstown, Cork, P32 EA03, Ireland). We decide how the personal information described below is used, which makes us the “controller” under data protection law. You can reach us at chris@digitalinfluence.ie or on 087 364 0266. Digital Influence works from an office we rent, which is not our registered office: Unit 3, Árd Álainn Business Park, Churchfield, Cork, T23 X5CY.

Enquiries sent through this website

There are three forms on this website: the “Get in Touch With Us Today” form on the home page, the Contact Us form, and the Free SEO Audit form. When you send one, we receive what you type in. Depending on the form, that is your name, email address, telephone number, the service you are interested in, your business name or website address if you give one, and your message. We also receive the page you sent the form from.

We use this information to reply to you and to deal with your enquiry. We do not use it for anything else, and we do not add you to a mailing list because you sent a form.

Our legal reason for using your information

Data protection law requires us to have a legal reason (a “lawful basis”) each time we use personal information. It depends on what you ask us:

  • Ordinary enquiries (for example a general question, or a question about how we work): our legitimate interest in answering the people who contact us. We have weighed this against your rights and we only use what you send us to reply to you.
  • Enquiries before a contract (for example asking for a Free SEO Audit, a quote, or details of a package or service because you are thinking of hiring us): this is needed to take steps at your request before we enter into a contract with you.

We also use limited technical information to keep the forms free of spam and abuse (see “Spam protection” below). Our legal reason for that is our legitimate interest in keeping this website and our mailbox secure.

How your enquiry reaches us

When you send a form, the website passes it to our email delivery provider, Resend, which emails it to our Google Workspace mailbox. The website itself is hosted by Cloudflare. Resend is a US company. We have set our account to its Ireland (EU) region, but Resend says its main processing takes place in the United States, so your enquiry may be transferred there. See “Transfers outside the EU” below.

Spam protection

The forms use Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks that the form is being sent by a person and not by an automated program. To do this, Turnstile receives technical information from your browser. The forms also contain a hidden field that people do not see. If something fills it in, we treat the submission as automated, and we may receive a copy of it by email so that we can check it was not a real person.

How long we keep your information

If an enquiry does not lead to us working together, we keep it for 12 months after our last contact with you. We review our enquiries once a month and delete any that are past that point, so an enquiry can be kept for up to about a month longer, until the next review.

Resend, which sends the form emails, keeps its own record of each email and its delivery log for 30 days.

If an enquiry does lead to work, we keep the records of that work, including our accounting records, separately. They are not covered by the 12 months above, and we keep them for as long as the law and our agreement with you require.

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4)

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how this website is used, for example which pages are read. It uses cookies (named _ga and _ga_ followed by letters and numbers) and sends information about your visit to Google. It is switched off unless you accept it. A notice appears on your first visit and asks you to accept or decline. Our legal reason is your consent.

Your choice is remembered in your browser. You can change your mind at any time with the button below. If you withdraw consent, analytics stops and we remove the Google Analytics cookies this website set.

Google Maps

Pages on this website include a Google Map. The map is not loaded when you open the page. Google only receives your request, and can only set its own cookies, if you choose “Show map”. Please see Google’s privacy policy for how Google uses that information.

Who else receives your information

We use these providers to run the website and handle enquiries, and they act on our behalf:

We do not sell your information.

Transfers outside the EU

Sending your enquiry through Resend may transfer it to the United States. Resend says it relies on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses for these transfers, and that it complies with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Cloudflare and Google may also handle information outside the European Economic Area, and they rely on safeguards that data protection law requires. You can ask us for more detail using the email address above.

Your rights

You can ask us to give you a copy of the information we hold about you, to correct it, to delete it, to restrict how we use it, to stop using it where we rely on our legitimate interests, or to give it to you in a portable format. Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. To do any of these, email chris@digitalinfluence.ie. We will reply within one month.

If you are not happy with how we have handled your information, you can complain to the Data Protection Commission in Ireland (dataprotection.ie).

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Privacy Policy

Last updated 12 November 2026.

Who we are

This website is run by Halpin Digital Services Limited, trading as Digital Influence (registered in Ireland, company number 767780, registered office: Tír na Gréine, Gort, Vicarstown, Cork, P32 EA03, Ireland). We decide how the personal information described below is used, which makes us the “controller” under data protection law. You can reach us at chris@digitalinfluence.ie or on 087 364 0266. Digital Influence works from an office we rent, which is not our registered office: Unit 3, Árd Álainn Business Park, Churchfield, Cork, T23 X5CY.

Enquiries sent through this website

There are three forms on this website: the “Get in Touch With Us Today” form on the home page, the Contact Us form, and the Free SEO Audit form. When you send one, we receive what you type in. Depending on the form, that is your name, email address, telephone number, the service you are interested in, your business name or website address if you give one, and your message. We also receive the page you sent the form from.

We use this information to reply to you and to deal with your enquiry. We do not use it for anything else, and we do not add you to a mailing list because you sent a form.

Our legal reason for using your information

Data protection law requires us to have a legal reason (a “lawful basis”) each time we use personal information. It depends on what you ask us:

  • Ordinary enquiries (for example a general question, or a question about how we work): our legitimate interest in answering the people who contact us. We have weighed this against your rights and we only use what you send us to reply to you.
  • Enquiries before a contract (for example asking for a Free SEO Audit, a quote, or details of a package or service because you are thinking of hiring us): this is needed to take steps at your request before we enter into a contract with you.

We also use limited technical information to keep the forms free of spam and abuse (see “Spam protection” below). Our legal reason for that is our legitimate interest in keeping this website and our mailbox secure.

How your enquiry reaches us

When you send a form, the website passes it to our email delivery provider, Resend, which emails it to our Google Workspace mailbox. The website itself is hosted by Cloudflare. Resend is a US company. We have set our account to its Ireland (EU) region, but Resend says its main processing takes place in the United States, so your enquiry may be transferred there. See “Transfers outside the EU” below.

Spam protection

The forms use Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks that the form is being sent by a person and not by an automated program. To do this, Turnstile receives technical information from your browser. The forms also contain a hidden field that people do not see. If something fills it in, we treat the submission as automated, and we may receive a copy of it by email so that we can check it was not a real person.

How long we keep your information

If an enquiry does not lead to us working together, we keep it for 12 months after our last contact with you. We review our enquiries once a month and delete any that are past that point, so an enquiry can be kept for up to about a month longer, until the next review.

Resend, which sends the form emails, keeps its own record of each email and its delivery log for 30 days.

If an enquiry does lead to work, we keep the records of that work, including our accounting records, separately. They are not covered by the 12 months above, and we keep them for as long as the law and our agreement with you require.

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4)

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how this website is used, for example which pages are read. It uses cookies (named _ga and _ga_ followed by letters and numbers) and sends information about your visit to Google. It is switched off unless you accept it. A notice appears on your first visit and asks you to accept or decline. Our legal reason is your consent.

Your choice is remembered in your browser. You can change your mind at any time with the button below. If you withdraw consent, analytics stops and we remove the Google Analytics cookies this website set.

Google Maps

Pages on this website include a Google Map. The map is not loaded when you open the page. Google only receives your request, and can only set its own cookies, if you choose “Show map”. Please see Google’s privacy policy for how Google uses that information.

Who else receives your information

We use these providers to run the website and handle enquiries, and they act on our behalf:

We do not sell your information.

Transfers outside the EU

Sending your enquiry through Resend may transfer it to the United States. Resend says it relies on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses for these transfers, and that it complies with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Cloudflare and Google may also handle information outside the European Economic Area, and they rely on safeguards that data protection law requires. You can ask us for more detail using the email address above.

Your rights

You can ask us to give you a copy of the information we hold about you, to correct it, to delete it, to restrict how we use it, to stop using it where we rely on our legitimate interests, or to give it to you in a portable format. Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. To do any of these, email chris@digitalinfluence.ie. We will reply within one month.

If you are not happy with how we have handled your information, you can complain to the Data Protection Commission in Ireland (dataprotection.ie).

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page.

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