Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how the website growingmadeeasy.com collects, uses and protects your personal data. It is written in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, “GDPR”) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.

Last updated: June 2026.

1. Data controller

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR for the data collected on this website is [A PREENCHER — name of the website operator]. You can reach the controller at [A PREENCHER — contact e-mail address].

2. What data we collect

We collect personal data in the following cases:

  • Comments: When you leave a comment, we collect the name you provide, your e-mail address and, where applicable, your website, together with your IP address and your browser identifier (user agent) in order to help prevent unwanted comments (spam).
  • Visitor statistics: We use Google Analytics to measure the reach of the website in anonymised form. No personal data is stored permanently or sold.
  • Advertising: The website displays advertising from Google AdSense and MGID. These advertising partners set third-party cookies in order to personalise adverts. You can manage your advertising settings through the links listed below.

3. Purposes and legal bases for processing

Your data is processed exclusively for the following purposes: enabling interaction on the website (comments), measuring reach, and funding the operation of the site through advertising. The processing relies on the following legal bases:

  • your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) — in particular for analytics and advertising cookies, which you control through the consent banner;
  • our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) — in the secure, functional and economically viable operation of the website, for example to prevent spam comments.

Your data is not passed on to third parties for commercial purposes.

4. Cookies

This website uses several types of cookies. Non-essential cookies are stored on, and read from, your device only with your consent under the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 336 of 2011), which you give through the consent banner on your first visit and can withdraw at any time with effect for the future:

  • Necessary cookies: required for the correct display of the website and to store your settings (among other things for comments).
  • Analytics cookies: set by Google Analytics, they allow visits to be counted in aggregated form.
  • Advertising cookies: set by Google AdSense and MGID, they serve to personalise the adverts shown. You can reject them through the consent banner on your first visit.

The storage period of the cookies ranges from a few hours to a maximum of thirteen months.

5. Retention periods

  • Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely, so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically.
  • Analytics data is stored for a maximum of 14 months.

6. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the following rights in respect of your personal data:

  • the right of access (Article 15 GDPR);
  • the right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR);
  • the right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR);
  • the right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR);
  • the right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR);
  • the right to object to the processing (Article 21 GDPR).

Where the processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future (Article 7(3) GDPR). To exercise these rights, an informal message to [A PREENCHER — contact e-mail address] is sufficient.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Ireland this is the Data Protection Commission (DPC), www.dataprotection.ie; you may also contact the supervisory authority of the EU member state where you live (Article 77 GDPR).

7. Hosting

This website is hosted by Hostinger International Ltd., 61 Lordou Vironos Street, 6023 Larnaca, Cyprus. The data is stored on servers within the European Union. A data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR is in place with the provider.

Google is a company based in the United States. Where personal data is transferred to the United States, this takes place on the basis of the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (Commission adequacy decision of 10 July 2023) or the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.

8. Useful links