Effective Date: 4 July 2026
At OnlineNews.ie (“we”, “our”, or “us”), we are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Irish data protection law.
1. Who We Are
OnlineNews.ie is an independent online news and information website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, you can contact us at:
https://onlinenews.ie/contact/
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use our website, we may collect:
Information You Provide
- Your name and email address if you contact us.
- Information you submit through contact forms or comments.
- Information provided when subscribing to newsletters or updates.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Pages visited
- Time and date of your visit
- Referring website
- Cookies and similar technologies
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Operate and maintain our website.
- Respond to enquiries.
- Improve website performance and user experience.
- Analyse website traffic.
- Prevent fraud and misuse.
- Comply with legal obligations.
- Send newsletters or updates where you have consented.
4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to improve functionality and understand how visitors use our website.
Cookies may include:
- Essential cookies required for the website to function.
- Analytics cookies (for example Google Analytics).
- Preference cookies.
- Advertising cookies (if applicable).
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Where required by law, we will request your consent before placing non-essential cookies.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
We process personal data under one or more of the following legal bases:
- Your consent.
- Performance of a contract.
- Compliance with legal obligations.
- Our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website, provided these interests do not override your rights.
6. Analytics
We may use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use our website. These services may collect anonymised or pseudonymised information about your visit.
Where required, analytics cookies will only be activated after obtaining your consent.
7. Third-Party Services
Our website may include links to third-party websites or embed content from services such as:
- YouTube
- X (formerly Twitter)
- Other social media platforms
These services may collect information independently according to their own privacy policies.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.
8. Advertising
If advertisements are displayed on our website, advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to provide relevant advertisements and measure campaign performance.
Please refer to the privacy policies of those advertising providers for further information.
9. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with:
- Website hosting providers.
- Email service providers.
- Analytics providers.
- Legal authorities where required by law.
- Professional advisers where necessary.
All service providers are required to protect your information appropriately.
10. International Transfers
Some of our service providers may process information outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decisions will be used where required.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to:
- Provide our services.
- Meet legal obligations.
- Resolve disputes.
- Enforce our agreements.
12. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal information.
- Correct inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of your information.
- Restrict processing.
- Object to processing.
- Request data portability.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission.
You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the details above.
13. Security
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure.
14. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Any updates will be published on this page together with the revised effective date.
16. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process your personal data, please contact: