Privacy Statement
Last updated: 18/08/2026
This Privacy Statement explains how Jane O’Connor Counselling ("I", "me", "my") collects, uses and protects your personal data when you visit janeoconnor.net (the "Website"), in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Who I Am (Data Controller)
Jane O’Connor, trading as Jane O’Connor Counselling, is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
Address: Lower Main St, Borrisland South, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary.
Email: janeoconnorcounselling@gmail.com
2. What Personal Data I Collect
2.1 Contact form
When you use the contact form on this Website, I collect:
Your name
Your email address
The content of your message
Please note: if you choose to share details about your health, therapy history, or personal circumstances in your message, this is considered "special category data" under GDPR. Please only share what you're comfortable including in an unencrypted form submission. You don't need to disclose any clinical details to make an enquiry.
2.2 Cookies and analytics
This Website uses cookies and similar technologies, including Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use the site. This may collect:
Your IP address
Device and browser type
Pages visited, time on site, and referring website
General location (country/city level, derived from IP address)
See Section 7 (Cookies) for more detail and how to manage your preferences.
3. Why I Collect This Data (Legal Basis)
Purpose
Responding to your enquiry
Data used
Name, email, message
Legal basis
Consent (you submitting the form) / Legitimate interest in responding to enquiries
Purpose
Understanding site usage and improving the Website
Data used
Analytics/cookie data
Legal basis
Consent (via cookie banner)
I do not use your data for marketing and I do not sell your personal data to anyone.
4. How Long I Keep Your Data
Contact form enquiries: kept until the enquiry is resolved and a reasonable follow-up period has passed, then deleted, unless you go on to become a client, in which case data is retained in line with my professional and clinical record-keeping obligations (set out separately in my client privacy/consent information).
Analytics data: retained according to the default settings of Google analytics, after which it is automatically deleted or anonymised.
5. Who I Share Your Data With
I don't sell or rent your personal data. It may be shared with:
Squarespace to receive and store contact form submissions
Google Analytics to process website usage data
Some of these providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States. Where this happens, I rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the provider's participation in a recognised data protection framework.
6. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your data, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise these, email janeoconnorcounselling@gmail.com.. You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission www.dataprotection.ie.
7. Cookies
This Website uses the following types of cookies:
Type
Strictly necessary
Purpose
Required for the site to function
Can be declined
No
Type
Analytics (e.g. Google Analytics)
Purpose
Understand visitor behaviour, improve the site
Can be declined
Yes, via cookie banner/browser settings
You can manage or withdraw cookie consent at any time via the cookie preference link on this site. Declining analytics cookies won't affect your ability to use the site or contact me.
8. Security
I take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including secure hosting, restricted access to enquiry emails, etc. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and you submit information via the contact form at your own risk.
9. Children
This Website is not directed at children, and I do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18 through it.
10. Changes to This Statement
I may update this Privacy Statement from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top will reflect the most recent version.
11. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or how your data is handled, contact: Jane O'Connor janeoconnorcounselling@gmail.com