Privacy Policy
Last updated: December 2025
Introduction
Bright Path Business is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.
Bright Path Business is the data controller responsible for your personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.
Who We Are
Bright Path Business is an online publication providing information and resources on building and growing professional services firms.
Our contact details are:
Bright Path Business Drogheda Digital Hub 68 Narrow West Street Drogheda Co. Louth A92 A389 Ireland
Phone: 042-933 5457 Mobile: 087-393 2847
Information We Collect
Information you provide directly:
When you use our contact form, you may provide your name, email address, phone number (optional), company or firm name (optional), professional discipline (optional), and the content of your message.
Information collected automatically:
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring website, pages visited and time spent on pages, and date and time of your visit.
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information to respond to your enquiries and contact form submissions (legitimate interests), provide and improve our website (legitimate interests), analyse website traffic and user behaviour (legitimate interests), send you marketing communications (consent), comply with legal obligations (legal obligation), and protect our website and users from misuse (legitimate interests).
Legal Basis for Processing
Under GDPR, we process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests for website operation, analytics, and responding to enquiries, consent for marketing communications, and legal obligation for compliance with applicable laws.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to ensure the website functions properly through essential cookies, understand how visitors use our site through analytics cookies, and remember your preferences through functionality cookies.
Managing Cookies:
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, and set preferences for certain websites. Note that disabling cookies may affect website functionality.
Data Sharing
We may share your information with service providers who help us operate our website, professional advisors such as solicitors and accountants where necessary, law enforcement or regulatory bodies when required by law, and potential buyers in the event of a business sale or merger.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to our website.
Data Retention
We retain personal data collected through contact forms for two years from the date of collection. Analytics data is retained for 26 months. If you subscribe to communications, we retain your data until you unsubscribe.
Your Rights Under GDPR
You have the right to access your personal data and obtain a copy, rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data, erasure of your data in certain circumstances, restriction of processing in certain circumstances, data portability where processing is based on consent or contract, objection to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdrawal of consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details above. We will respond to your request within one month.
International Transfers
Our website is primarily hosted within the EU/EEA. If we transfer your data outside the EU/EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as EU Commission adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites and encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data, please contact us first. If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission:
Data Protection Commission 21 Fitzwilliam Square South Dublin 2 D02 RD28 Ireland
Website: dataprotection.ie Phone: +353 76 110 4800
Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Bright Path Business Drogheda Digital Hub 68 Narrow West Street Drogheda Co. Louth A92 A389 Ireland
Phone: 042-933 5457 Mobile: 087-393 2847
