Privacy & Cookie Policy

Who we are

This website is operated by Paul Maguire trading as Branches of the Mind, based in County Mayo, Ireland. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at paul@branchesofthemind.ie.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or to provide information to site owners.

Cookies we use

This website does not use any analytics, advertising, or tracking cookies of its own.

We embed a Google Maps map on our contact section. If you accept cookies, Google Maps will load and Google may set cookies on your device to deliver the map service. These cookies are governed by Google's Privacy Policy.

We also embed a YouTube video using youtube-nocookie.com, which is YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode. This mode prevents YouTube from setting advertising cookies unless you interact with the video.

Your choices

When you first visit this site, you will be asked to accept or reject cookies. If you reject cookies, Google Maps and the YouTube video will not load. Your choice is stored on your device so you are not asked again on future visits, and is automatically forgotten after 6 months.

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Contact form

When you submit our contact form, the name, email address, and message you provide are sent to and stored by Netlify, our website hosting provider, using their Netlify Forms service. We use this information solely to respond to your enquiry.

Netlify may use automated spam filtering on form submissions. Netlify acts as a data processor on our behalf; their handling of this data is governed by Netlify's Privacy Policy.

Your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of any personal data we hold, including any information submitted via our contact form. Requests relating to third-party services should be directed to those providers. For any other queries, contact us at paul@branchesofthemind.ie.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page.