BePierced Privacy Notice

Last updated: MARCH 2026

This Privacy Notice explains how BePierced collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website or purchase from us.

1. Who We Are

BePierced is a business registered in Ireland.

Address: 17 Mallin Street, Townparks, Wexford, Y35 ED90

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 053 916 3846

We are the data controller of your personal data.

2. What Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following information:

• Name
• Billing and delivery address
• Email address
• Phone number
• Order and purchase details
• Payment information (processed securely via third-party providers)

We may also collect limited technical data such as IP address and browsing activity when you use our Website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your data to:

• Process and deliver your orders
• Communicate with you about your purchase
• Provide customer support
• Manage returns, refunds, or complaints
• Improve our Website and services
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data where necessary:

• To perform a contract with you (e.g. fulfilling your order)
• To comply with legal obligations
• For our legitimate interests (e.g. improving our services and preventing fraud)

5. Sharing Your Information

We may share your data with trusted third parties where necessary, including:

• Payment processors
• Delivery and courier services
• IT and website service providers

We do not sell your personal data.

6. International Transfers

Some of the service providers we use (such as payment processors or website platforms) may process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Where this occurs, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data. This may include reliance on:

• Standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, or
• Service providers located in countries recognised as providing an adequate level of data protection

7. Data Retention

We retain your data only for as long as necessary to:

• Fulfil your order
• Meet legal, tax, and accounting requirements
• Resolve disputes

8. Your Rights

Under data protection law, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data (in certain circumstances)
• Restrict or object to processing
• Request data portability

To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected]

9. Security

We take the security of your personal data seriously.

We use a combination of technical and organisational measures designed to protect your information, including:

• Secure payment processing through trusted third-party providers
• Restricted access to personal data
• Use of secure systems and password protection
• Regular review of our data handling practices

While no system is completely secure, we take reasonable steps to reduce the risk of unauthorised access, loss, or misuse of your data.

10. Cookies

Our Website may use cookies to improve functionality and user experience. Further details are available in our Cookie Policy (where applicable).

11. Complaints

If you have concerns about how your data is handled, you can contact us directly.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission in Ireland.

Website:

https://www.dataprotection.ie

Email:

[email protected]

Phone:

+353 (0)57 868 4800

Address:

Data Protection Commission

21 Fitzwilliam Square South

Dublin 2

D02 RD28

Ireland

12. Updates

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The latest version will always be available on our Website.