Last updated: 26 August 2026
Irish Dance Party (“we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit or use the Irish Dance Party website, make a booking, contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, or otherwise interact with our services.
For the purposes of applicable data-protection legislation, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, we act as the data controller for the personal data described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Irish Dance Party provides interactive Irish music and dance experiences in Dublin, including public shows, private events and group bookings.
Data Controller: [Insert legal business name]
Trading Name: Irish Dance Party
Email: info@irishdanceparty.com
Phone: +353 87 656 0952
Address: The Merchants Arch, 49 Wellington Quay, Templebar, Dublin 2 D02 EY65
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, you can contact us using the details above.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website and services, we may collect the following information:
Information You Provide to Us
When you make a booking, submit an enquiry, contact us or subscribe to our communications, we may collect:
- Full name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Number of people in your group
- Booking date and time
- Event or booking details
- Information about special requests or requirements that you choose to provide
- Billing or transaction information
- Any other information you voluntarily provide to us
We only ask for information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
Booking and Payment Information
When you purchase tickets or make a deposit, your payment may be processed by an external booking or payment provider.
We may receive information such as:
- Your name
- Booking reference
- Transaction amount
- Payment status
- Date and time of the transaction
- Limited payment-related information
We generally do not store complete payment-card details on our own systems. Payment information may be processed directly by the relevant payment or booking provider in accordance with its own privacy policy and security practices.
3. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate location derived from IP address
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Referring website
- Website interactions
- Date and time of visits
- Technical and diagnostic information
This information may be collected through cookies, analytics tools and similar technologies.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We may use your personal data to:
- Process and manage ticket bookings
- Confirm your booking
- Process deposits and payments
- Respond to enquiries
- Communicate with you about your booking
- Provide information about event changes or cancellations
- Manage group and private-event enquiries
- Provide customer support
- Send requested information
- Send newsletters or promotional communications where permitted
- Improve our website and services
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Measure website performance and marketing effectiveness
- Prevent fraud, misuse or other unlawful activity
- Maintain the security of our website and systems
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
- Establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary
We will not use your personal data for purposes that are incompatible with the purposes described in this Privacy Policy unless we have a lawful basis to do so.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
Under the GDPR, we process personal data only when we have a valid legal basis.
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on the following legal bases:
Performance of a Contract
We may process your information when it is necessary to provide a service you have requested, such as processing a ticket booking or managing an event reservation.
Legal Obligation
We may process personal information when necessary to comply with legal, accounting, tax, regulatory or other obligations.
Legitimate Interests
We may process information where it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Examples may include:
- Website security
- Fraud prevention
- Improving our services
- Managing business operations
- Understanding website usage
- Protecting our legal rights
Consent
Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before processing personal data for particular purposes, such as certain types of marketing communications or non-essential cookies.
You can withdraw consent at any time.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before you withdrew your consent.
6. Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter or otherwise provide consent to receive marketing communications, we may use your email address to send you information about:
- Irish Dance Party events
- New experiences
- Special offers
- Group activities
- Promotions
- News and updates
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us directly.
We will not send you marketing communications where your consent is required and has not been obtained.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, understand website usage and support marketing activities.
Cookies may be used for purposes such as:
- Essential website functionality
- Remembering preferences
- Analytics
- Measuring website traffic
- Understanding how visitors interact with our website
- Advertising and marketing, where applicable
Where required, we will request your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
For more information, please see our Cookie Policy, if available.
8. Analytics and Tracking
We may use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors use our website.
These services may collect information such as your IP address, device information, browser information, pages visited and interactions with the website.
Analytics information helps us understand website performance and improve the user experience.
Where applicable, we configure analytics and tracking technologies in accordance with applicable data-protection and cookie-consent requirements.
9. Third-Party Services
We may use trusted third-party providers to operate our website and business.
These providers may include services for:
- Ticket booking
- Payment processing
- Website hosting
- Website analytics
- Email delivery
- Newsletter management
- Customer communication
- Security
- Marketing
These providers may process personal data on our behalf or independently, depending on the service they provide.
We require processors acting on our behalf to process personal data in accordance with applicable data-protection laws and appropriate contractual obligations.
Where a third-party provider acts as an independent controller, its own privacy policy may also apply.
10. Sharing Your Personal Data
We do not sell your personal data.
We may share personal information with third parties where reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide our services.
These parties may include:
- Payment providers
- Booking platforms
- Website and hosting providers
- Email and newsletter providers
- Analytics providers
- IT and security providers
- Professional advisers
- Legal or regulatory authorities where required by law
We only share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
11. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers may process personal data outside Ireland or the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable data-protection law.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include relying on:
- An adequacy decision issued by the European Commission
- Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
- Other lawful transfer mechanisms recognised under applicable data-protection legislation
12. How Long We Keep Your Data
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
The retention period may depend on:
- The nature of the information
- Why we collected it
- Whether you have an ongoing relationship with us
- Legal or accounting requirements
- Our legitimate business needs
- The establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
For example, booking and transaction information may need to be retained for a longer period to satisfy accounting, tax or legal requirements.
When personal data is no longer required, we will securely delete it or anonymise it where appropriate.
13. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against:
- Unauthorised access
- Accidental loss
- Destruction
- Alteration
- Disclosure
- Other unlawful or unauthorised processing
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of your personal data
- Request restriction of processing
- Object to certain processing activities
- Request portability of certain personal data
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Object to direct marketing
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.
To exercise your rights, please contact us using:
Email: info@irishdanceparty.com
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
15. Direct Marketing
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time.
If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications, you can unsubscribe using the link provided in our emails or contact us directly.
16. Children’s Privacy
Our services may be attended by people of different ages. However, our website is not specifically directed at children for the purpose of collecting their personal information.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children for marketing purposes.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
17. Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including booking platforms, payment services, social-media platforms, venue websites and other external services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external website you visit.
18. Social Media
We may maintain profiles or pages on third-party social-media platforms.
Interactions with those platforms may be subject to the privacy policies and terms of the relevant social-media provider.
If you interact with our social-media pages, the relevant platform may collect and process information about you independently of us.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:
- Changes to our services
- Changes to the technologies we use
- Changes to applicable laws
- Changes to our data-processing practices
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
We recommend reviewing this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your personal data.
20. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise your data-protection rights, or have concerns about how your personal information is handled, please contact us:
Irish Dance Party
Email: info@irishdanceparty.com
Phone: +353 87 656 0952
Address: The Merchants Arch, 49 Wellington Quay, Templebar, Dublin 2 D02 EY65
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data-protection supervisory authority if you believe your personal data has been processed unlawfully.
For organisations operating in Ireland, the relevant supervisory authority is the Data Protection Commission (DPC)
