Privacy & Cookies

Last updated: 26 September 2026

Good Stuff Consultancy respects your privacy and takes the protection of personal information seriously.

This notice explains what information I collect through this website, why I collect it, how it is used, how cookies are used, and the rights you have in relation to your personal data.

Who is responsible for your information?

Good Stuff Consultancy is operated by Jennie Ryan, a sole trader based in Dublin, Ireland.

For the purposes of data protection law, Jennie Ryan trading as Good Stuff Consultancy is the data controller for personal information collected directly through this website.

If you have a question about your personal data or wish to exercise any of your rights, contact:

jennie@goodstuffconsultancy.com

Information I collect

When you contact me

If you complete a contact form or contact Good Stuff Consultancy directly, I may collect information such as:

  • your name

  • email address

  • organisation

  • role or position

  • information you choose to include in your message

  • information connected with a potential project, enquiry or working relationship

You are not required to provide personal information through this website. However, if you contact me, I will need enough information to respond to your enquiry.

Please avoid sending sensitive personal information through the website unless it is necessary.

When you visit the website

This website is hosted by Squarespace.

Squarespace may process technical and usage information associated with visits to the site, including information about:

  • browser and device type

  • pages visited

  • referring websites or search engines

  • approximate location derived from an IP address

  • how visitors use the website

This information is used to operate the website securely and, where you have consented to analytics cookies, to help me understand how people find and use the site.

Why I use personal information

I may use personal information to:

  • respond to enquiries

  • discuss potential work or partnerships

  • communicate with prospective and existing clients or collaborators

  • prepare proposals and agree projects

  • deliver contracted services

  • administer Good Stuff Consultancy

  • understand how the website is performing

  • maintain the security and operation of the website

  • meet legal, tax, accounting, insurance or regulatory obligations

I do not sell personal information.

Good Stuff Consultancy does not use personal information collected through this website for automated decision-making or profiling.

Legal basis for using your information

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal information must be processed on a lawful basis.

Depending on the circumstances, I may rely on:

Contract or steps before entering into a contract
For example, where you contact me about possible work, request a proposal or engage Good Stuff Consultancy to provide services.

Legitimate interests
For example, responding to professional enquiries, managing professional relationships, administering the consultancy, maintaining the website and protecting the business from misuse or security risks.

Legal obligations
Where information must be retained or processed to meet tax, accounting, regulatory or other legal requirements.

Consent
Where consent is required, including for non-essential analytics or performance cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on a visitor's device when they use a website.

This site uses Squarespace, which uses both necessary cookies and analytics/performance cookies.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies help the website operate correctly and securely.

They may support functions such as website security, navigation and remembering your cookie choices.

These cookies are used where they are strictly necessary for the website to function and do not require consent.

Analytics and performance cookies

With your permission, Squarespace uses analytics and performance cookies to help me understand how people use the website.

These may measure information such as:

  • unique visitors

  • visits and browsing sessions

  • pages viewed

  • traffic and referral sources

The main Squarespace analytics cookies currently include:

  • ss_cid — identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions — up to 2 years

  • ss_cpvisit — identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions — up to 2 years

  • ss_cvisit — tracks browsing sessions — approximately 30 minutes

  • ss_cvr — identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions — up to 2 years

  • ss_cvt — tracks browsing sessions — approximately 30 minutes

Squarespace may also place cookies that remember the cookie preferences you select.

Your cookie choices

Non-essential cookies on this website are restricted until you make a choice through the cookie banner.

You can:

  • accept all cookies

  • decline non-essential cookies

  • manage individual cookie preferences

You can also change or withdraw your consent later using the Cookie Preferences control available on the website.

Withdrawing consent does not affect any processing that took place lawfully before consent was withdrawn.

Squarespace

This website is hosted by Squarespace.

Squarespace processes certain information in order to provide website hosting, security, analytics and related services.

Some information processed by Squarespace may be transferred or stored outside the European Economic Area. Where this occurs, Squarespace states that it uses recognised safeguards for international data transfers where required.

You can find more information in Squarespace's Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

Other service providers

Good Stuff Consultancy may use trusted third-party providers where reasonably necessary to operate the business or deliver services.

These may include providers of:

  • website hosting

  • email and communications

  • IT and digital services

  • accounting and tax services

  • insurance

  • legal or professional advice

Only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose will be shared.

Information may also be disclosed where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

How long I keep information

I keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

As a general guide:

  • enquiries that do not lead to work will normally be retained for up to 12 months after the last meaningful contact

  • information connected with active clients and projects will be retained while it remains necessary for the working relationship

  • financial, accounting and tax records may be retained for six years where required for Irish tax and record-keeping purposes

  • website analytics information is retained in accordance with the relevant Squarespace cookie and analytics settings

Information that is no longer required will be deleted or securely disposed of where reasonably practicable.

Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

  • access personal information held about you

  • ask for inaccurate information to be corrected

  • ask for personal information to be deleted

  • ask for processing to be restricted

  • object to certain uses of your information

  • receive certain information in a portable format

  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

These rights are not absolute and may depend on the circumstances and the legal basis for processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact:

jennie@goodstuffconsultancy.com

You also have the right to make a complaint to the Data Protection Commission, Ireland's independent data protection authority.

More information is available at dataprotection.ie.

Links to other websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites, including LinkedIn and organisations referenced in Good Stuff Consultancy's work.

Good Stuff Consultancy is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. Their own privacy policies will apply when you visit them.

Changes to this notice

This notice may be updated from time to time if the website, services or legal requirements change.

The date at the top of the page will show when it was most recently updated..