Last updated: November 2026. This policy outlines how Long Weekend (longweekend.ie) collects, uses, and protects your personal data in accordance with the Irish Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Who We Are
Long Weekend (longweekend.ie) is an independent travel publication based in Ireland. We are the data controller responsible for the personal data collected through this website.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
You can read all guides, bank holiday dates, and travel recommendations without registering an account. We only collect personal information when you explicitly provide it:
- Newsletter subscriptions: If you sign up for holiday reminders, we collect and store your email address.
- Contact and advertiser enquiries: If you send us a message or request advertising details, we collect your name, email address, and any information included in your message so we can reply.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal data solely for the following purposes:
- To send you our bank holiday reminder newsletter and long weekend travel guides.
- To answer questions, support requests, and business enquiries sent to us.
- To maintain the security and proper technical operation of this website.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
4. Data Retention
We keep your newsletter email address until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. Every email includes a clear unsubscribe link that removes you from the mailing list instantly. Enquiries sent via contact forms are retained only for as long as necessary to resolve your request.
5. Location Privacy
When using our travel guides to see estimated driving times from your location, your geographic coordinates are processed locally within your web browser. We do not transmit, log, or store your personal coordinates on our servers.
6. Cookies and Third-Party Services
Our website uses strictly necessary cookies to ensure basic functionality, such as remembering your privacy preferences. We do not run persistent tracking cookies for standard browsing.
If you click an outbound link to one of our travel partners (such as hotel booking services or flight search engines), that external site will process your information under its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review their policies directly.
7. Your Legal Rights Under GDPR
Under Irish and European data protection law, you hold the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: The right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification: The right to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.
- Erasure: The right to request that your personal data be permanently deleted.
- Withdraw consent: The right to withdraw consent for newsletter emails at any time.
- Lodge a complaint: The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland (dataprotection.ie) if you have concerns about how your data is handled.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us through our website contact form or email privacy@longweekend.ie.