Leonard Advisory is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data with care and respect. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights under Irish and EU data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts 1988–2018.
1. Who We Are
Data Controller: Leonard Advisory, operated by Jamie Leonard.
Website: leonardadvisory.ie
Email: jamie@leonardadvisory.ie
Phone: 087 218 7206
If you have any questions about how we handle your personal data, please contact us using the details above.
2. What Information We Collect
We collect personal information in the following ways:
- Enquiry and booking forms: When you contact us or book a discovery call, we collect your name, email address, and any information you provide in your message.
- Guide download requests: When you request a copy of our How We Work guides, we collect your name, email address, and business name.
- Cookies and analytics: With your consent, we may collect anonymous analytics data about how visitors use this website (pages visited, time on site, browser type). See Section 5 for details.
- Email correspondence: If you email us directly, we retain a record of that correspondence.
We do not collect sensitive personal data (such as health information, financial account details, or national identification numbers).
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To respond to enquiries and provide the services you have requested.
- To send you the business growth guides you have requested.
- To follow up on potential or existing consultancy engagements.
- To improve our website and understand how visitors engage with our content (analytics, with your consent only).
- To comply with any legal obligations.
We will never sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We rely on the following legal bases under GDPR for processing your personal data:
- Consent - for analytics cookies and for sending you marketing communications, where you have explicitly opted in.
- Legitimate interests - to respond to enquiries and follow up on potential engagements, where we have assessed that this does not override your rights.
- Contract performance - to deliver services to clients where an engagement has been agreed.
- Legal obligation - to retain certain records as required by Irish law.
5. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device that helps the website function correctly and (with your consent) helps us understand how the site is used.
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to function. These cannot be disabled and do not require your consent. They include the cookie that remembers your privacy preferences.
Analytics cookies are only placed with your explicit consent. These collect anonymous data about how visitors use our site. We do not use third-party advertising or tracking cookies.
You can manage or withdraw your cookie consent at any time by clicking the Cookie Preferences link in the footer, or by clearing your browser's cookies and revisiting the site.
6. Third-Party Services
We use a small number of third-party services to operate this website:
- Formspree (formspree.io) - processes guide download and contact form submissions on our behalf. Formspree acts as a data processor under a data processing agreement and is GDPR-compliant. Data submitted through forms is transferred to and stored on Formspree's servers, which are located in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses.
- Google Fonts - used to load the typefaces on this website. Google may log your IP address when fonts are requested. See Google's Privacy Policy for details.
We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or any other third-party advertising or behavioural tracking technologies.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this policy:
- Enquiry and correspondence records are retained for up to 3 years after last contact.
- Guide download data is retained for up to 2 years.
- Client engagement records may be retained for up to 7 years for accounting and legal purposes.
You may request deletion of your data at any time (see Section 8).
8. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- Right of access - to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification - to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure - to request that we delete your personal data ("right to be forgotten"), where there is no overriding legal reason to retain it.
- Right to restriction - to request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability - to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object - to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Right to withdraw consent - where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at jamie@leonardadvisory.ie. We will respond within one month.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission of Ireland (dataprotection.ie), if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully.
9. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. This website is served over HTTPS. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Links to Other Websites
This website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external site you visit.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.