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Privacy Notice

Effective date: 21 September 2026

1. Data Controller

The Law Office of JM Donnelly, Dublin, Ireland, is the data controller in respect of personal data processed through this website and in connection with enquiries and the provision of legal services.

For privacy-related enquiries, please contact:

JM Donnelly
Email: jmd@jmdonnelly.eu

2. Personal Data We Collect

When you contact the practice through this website, by email or by other means, we may collect information such as your name, email address, telephone number and any other information you choose to provide.

We may also process information contained in correspondence and communications where this is necessary to respond to an enquiry, establish a professional relationship or provide legal services.

Please avoid sending confidential or sensitive information through an initial website enquiry unless it is necessary to do so.

3. Purposes and Lawful Bases

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

  • responding to enquiries and requests for information;

  • communicating with clients and prospective clients;

  • taking steps at your request prior to entering into an engagement;

  • providing legal and related professional services;

  • complying with legal, regulatory, professional and accounting obligations; and

  • protecting the rights, property and security of the practice.

Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on the performance of a contract or steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or the legitimate interests of the practice. Where consent is relied upon, consent may be withdrawn at any time. The DPC identifies these as recognised lawful bases under Article 6 GDPR.

4. Disclosure of Personal Data

Personal data may be disclosed where necessary to service providers supporting the operation of the website, email, information-technology and related systems, or where disclosure is required or permitted by law.

Where third parties process personal data on behalf of the practice, appropriate contractual and organisational measures will be used as required by applicable data-protection law.

5. International Transfers

Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, appropriate safeguards will be put in place in accordance with applicable data-protection law.

6. Retention of Personal Data

Personal data will be retained for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal, professional, regulatory, accounting and record-keeping requirements.

7. Your Rights

Subject to applicable legal provisions and exemptions, you may have rights including:

  • access to your personal data;

  • rectification of inaccurate personal data;

  • erasure in appropriate circumstances;

  • restriction of processing;

  • objection to certain processing;

  • data portability where applicable; and

  • withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent.

Requests should be made to jmd@jmdonnelly.eu. The DPC sets out these transparency and individual-rights requirements under Articles 13 and 14 GDPR.

8. Complaints

If you have concerns regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact the practice in the first instance.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Ireland's supervisory authority for data-protection matters.

Data Protection Commission
6 Pembroke Row
Dublin 2
D02 X963
Ireland

9. Cookies

The use of cookies and other tracking technologies is addressed separately in the practice's Cookies Policy.

The DPC notes that non-essential cookies and tracking technologies generally require consent, while strictly necessary technologies may fall within an exemption.

10. Changes to this Notice

This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the practice's processing activities or applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

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