Privacy Policy

Nighthawks is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.

Data Controller: Nighthawks, Ireland
Contact: nighthawkslive365@gmail.com

1. What Data We Collect

Newsletter Subscribers

If you subscribe to our newsletter we collect your email address. We use this solely to send you music news, event listings, and site updates. We do not collect your name unless you voluntarily provide it.

Analytics Data

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Site. Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address (anonymised), browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the Site. This data is aggregated and anonymised — we cannot identify you personally from analytics data.

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. See our Cookie Policy for details.

Saved Events

If you save events on our Site, we store a session identifier to remember your preferences. This data is stored locally on your device and is not linked to any personal information.

Contact Enquiries

If you contact us by email, we will retain your email address and message content for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry.

2. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent — for newsletter subscriptions and analytics cookies. You may withdraw consent at any time.
• Legitimate interests — for basic site security and preventing abuse.

3. How We Use Your Data

• To send you newsletters and email updates you have subscribed to
• To analyse site usage and improve our content
• To respond to enquiries you send us
• To protect the security and integrity of the Site

We will never sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Data Sharing

We share data only with the following third-party service providers who assist us in operating the Site:

• Google Analytics — website analytics (data transferred to Google servers; Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework)
• Cloudinary — image hosting and delivery
• Vercel — website hosting (EU region servers available)
• Supabase — database hosting

All third-party processors are required to handle your data securely and in accordance with GDPR.

5. Data Retention

• Newsletter email addresses — retained until you unsubscribe
• Analytics data — retained for 14 months by Google Analytics (our standard setting)
• Contact enquiries — retained for 12 months after resolution

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

As a data subject under GDPR you have the following rights:

• Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data
• Right to restrict processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability — you can request your data in a portable format
• Right to object — you can object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at nighthawkslive365@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

7. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) at www.dataprotection.ie.

8. Children's Privacy

This Site is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a child, please contact us at nighthawkslive365@gmail.com and we will delete it promptly.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

10. Contact

For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, contact us at nighthawkslive365@gmail.com.