Last updated: 27 September 2026
The Dublin Dad ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website at thedublindad.com and the publication at newsletter.thedublindad.com. This privacy policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, and how your rights are protected under Irish and EU data protection law (the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR).We keep our data practices simple and transparent. We collect only what is needed to deliver the newsletter, operate our website, and improve our recommendations. We do not sell your personal data.
1. Who is responsible for your data
The data controller for The Dublin Dad is Alan, based in Dublin, Ireland.If you have questions about your personal data or wish to exercise any of your legal rights, you can contact us directly by email at [email protected].
2. Information we collect
We collect information in three ways:
Information you provide directly: When you subscribe to the newsletter, you provide your email address. If you reply to an email, recommend a venue, or send feedback, we retain that correspondence and any contact details included.
If you answer a poll in one of our emails or on our website, we record your answer against your subscription so we can see what readers find useful and shape future issues. We don't sell poll answers or share them outside the service providers listed below.
Technical and usage data: When you access newsletter.thedublindad.com or open our emails, standard technical data is automatically logged. This includes your IP address, device type, browser type, operating system, and engagement details such as email opens and link clicks.
Analytics and tracking data: We use privacy-aware analytics and advertising tools, including the Meta Pixel, to measure how readers discover the publication and whether our social posts or ads bring in subscribers. These tools use cookies and device identifiers.
3. Why we use your data and legal grounds
Under GDPR, we process personal information under the following legal bases:
Delivering the newsletter: We process your email address based on your consent, given when you submit your email on our signup forms. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email.
Editorial improvement and site security: We monitor aggregated open rates, link clicks, poll answers, and web performance under our legitimate interest to understand what content Dublin dads find useful, troubleshoot technical issues, and keep our infrastructure secure.
Advertising measurement: We use advertising and analytics cookies based on your consent where required by ePrivacy and data protection regulations.
Direct communication: When you write to us, we process your contact information under our legitimate interest to answer your inquiry or review your tip.
4. Service providers and third parties
We work with trusted service providers to run our operations:
Beehiiv: Our publishing platform and website host. Beehiiv stores subscriber email addresses, manages email delivery, and records delivery metrics.
Spaceship / Spacemail: Our business email host for reader correspondence and domain registration.
Cloudflare: Our DNS provider, handling network routing and security.
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited: Used for social media distribution and ad performance tracking.
These providers process data only on our behalf and under strict data protection terms. Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), appropriate safeguards, such as European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses, are maintained.
5. Data retention
We keep your email address for as long as you stay subscribed to The Dublin Dad. If you choose to unsubscribe, your email is immediately taken off the active mailing list and removed in accordance with our routine platform cleanup.Correspondence sent directly to our email address is retained only as long as necessary to address your inquiry or maintain editorial records.
6. Your data protection rights
Under Irish and EU law, you have specific rights regarding your personal information:
Access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Correction: You can ask us to update or correct inaccurate details.
Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data ("the right to be forgotten").
Restriction and objection: You can object to certain processing activities or ask us to restrict how we use your data.
Withdraw consent: You can withdraw consent to receive marketing emails at any moment via the unsubscribe link.
To exercise any of these rights, send an email to [email protected]. We aim to respond within 30 days.You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Ireland's supervisory authority for data protection (visit dataprotection.ie).
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8. Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect adjustments to our operations, technology, or legal obligations. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates the most recent version.