Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22 October 2026

1. Introduction

Ongar Construction respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), the Irish Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable data-protection laws.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose and protect personal data when you visit ongarconstruction.ie, contact us or enquire about our construction services.

2. Data Controller

The data controller is the business responsible for deciding how and why your personal data is processed.

Business name: Ongar Construction
Website: https://ongarconstruction.ie
Email: [Insert Business Email Address]
Phone: [Insert Business Phone Number]
Business address: [Insert Business Address, if applicable]

Please contact us using the details above if you have questions about this policy or wish to exercise your data-protection rights.

3. Personal Data We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our website and business, we may collect:

Identity and contact details: Name, email address and phone number.
Project details: Project type, property location, requirements, plans, photographs and other information you choose to provide.
Communications: Emails, enquiry form submissions and other correspondence.
Technical data: IP address, browser type, device information and website usage information, where collected.
Cookie and analytics data: Information collected through cookies and similar technologies, subject to applicable consent requirements.

We ask that you provide only information relevant to your enquiry or project.

4. How We Collect Personal Data

We may collect personal data:

Directly from you when you complete our contact form or request a quotation.
When you contact us by email or telephone.
During consultations and discussions about a project.
Automatically through website technologies, where applicable and lawful.
From third parties involved in a project, where appropriate and lawful.

5. Why We Use Your Data and Our Legal Bases

We process personal data only for specified purposes and where an appropriate legal basis applies.

Enquiries and quotations

We use your contact and project information to respond to enquiries, discuss requirements and prepare quotations. The legal basis will generally be taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Construction services and customer relationships

Where you become a customer, we process relevant information to perform our contract, manage the project and communicate with you.

Business records and legal obligations

We may retain and process necessary records to comply with tax, accounting and other legal requirements.

Website security and administration

We may process certain technical information where necessary for website security, fraud prevention and legitimate business administration. Where we rely on legitimate interests, those interests must be balanced against your rights and freedoms.

Analytics and marketing

Where we use analytics or marketing technologies that require consent, we will seek valid consent before activating them. We will only send direct marketing where permitted by applicable law and will provide any required opt-out or consent mechanisms.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, security, analytics or marketing, depending on the services configured.

Strictly necessary technologies may be used where legally permitted. Non-essential cookies and tracking technologies will only be activated after valid consent where required by Irish ePrivacy rules.

You should be able to reject non-essential cookies, make an informed choice and change or withdraw your consent later through the website's cookie settings.

The specific cookies, providers, purposes and retention periods should be detailed in the website's cookie information once the technologies in use have been verified.

7. Who We Share Personal Data With

Where necessary and appropriate, we may share personal data with:

Website hosting and technical service providers.
Email and communication providers.
IT security and website support providers.
Architects, engineers, suppliers and subcontractors involved in your project.
Accountants, insurers, legal advisers and other professional advisers.
Public authorities where required by law.

Where a service provider processes personal data on our behalf, we will put the required contractual data-protection arrangements in place.

We do not sell your personal data.

8. International Transfers

If a service provider transfers or accesses personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will ensure that the transfer complies with applicable data-protection law.

Depending on the circumstances, this may involve an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards, such as approved contractual clauses.

Details of relevant transfers and safeguards will be made available where required.

9. How Long We Keep Personal Data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, taking account of legal obligations, business requirements and potential legal claims.

Enquiry records, customer correspondence, project documents and financial records may have different retention periods.

Our retention periods should be documented and applied consistently. When personal data is no longer needed, it will be securely deleted or anonymised, unless continued retention is legally required.

10. How We Protect Personal Data

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

These measures should be proportionate to the risks and may include access controls, secure accounts, appropriate staff access restrictions and secure data disposal.

No electronic system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

If a personal-data breach occurs, we will assess and respond to it in accordance with applicable legal requirements, including any obligations to notify the Data Protection Commission and affected individuals.

11. Your Rights Under GDPR

Subject to the applicable legal conditions and exceptions, you may have the right to:

Access: Request a copy of your personal data.
Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Erasure: Request deletion of your data in certain circumstances.
Restriction: Request that certain processing be restricted.
Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests and to direct marketing.
Data portability: Receive certain data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format where the legal conditions apply.
Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal conditions or exceptions.

To exercise a right, contact us using the details in Section 2. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity.

We will respond within the time limits required by GDPR, generally within one month of receiving a valid request, subject to permitted extensions where applicable.

12. Complaints

If you believe your personal data has been handled unlawfully, please contact us so that we can review your concern.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish supervisory authority:

Data Protection Commission (DPC)
Website: https://www.dataprotection.ie

You may also have the right to seek a judicial remedy under applicable law.

13. Third-Party Websites

Our website may link to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for their privacy practices or content.

Please review the relevant privacy information before submitting personal data to a third party.

14. Children's Data

Our website is intended for people enquiring about construction services. We do not knowingly seek personal data from children for marketing purposes.

If personal data relating to a child is provided unnecessarily, please contact us so we can assess whether it should be deleted.

15. Automated Decision-Making

We do not intend to make decisions about website enquiries solely through automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

If this changes, we will provide any information required by applicable data-protection law.

16. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our business, website, data-processing practices or legal requirements.

The current version will be published on this page with the date of the latest update.

17. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal data, contact:

Ongar Construction
Email: [Insert Business Email Address]
Phone: [Insert Business Phone Number]
Website: https://ongarconstruction.ie