Safe&Secure.ie

Privacy and cookies

Last updated 6 October 2026

This page explains what this website collects about you, why, and what you can do about it. In short: no adverts, nothing sold, no account to make, and Google Analytics only runs if you say yes.

Who is responsible

Safe & Secure Ireland (safeandsecure.ie) is run by David in Dublin, Ireland. He is the data controller for this website: the person responsible for how your information is used here.

To ask about your information, or about anything on this page, email [email protected] or use our contact form.

Cookies

We use one kind of optional cookie: Google Analytics. It shows us which pages people read and which ones help, so we know what to write next.

  • Nothing from Google loads until you say yes. If you tap Reject, or do not choose at all, Google Analytics is not loaded and no Google cookie is set.
  • If you tap Accept, Google Analytics sets two cookies, _ga and _ga_RBG8Y08J1M. Google says they last up to 2 years.
  • We remember your choice for 12 months, in your own browser (its local storage, not a cookie). It is not sent to us. After 12 months we ask again.
  • You can change your mind at any time with Cookie settings, at the bottom of every page or just below. If you switch Google Analytics off, we stop it and delete its cookies from your browser.

Change your choice about Google Analytics cookies.

One more thing your browser keeps: our checklists remember which items you have ticked, on your own device. Nothing about them is sent to us.

What we collect, and why

Google Analytics (only if you accept)

What
The pages you visit, how you arrived (for example from a search), your device and browser type, and your rough area. Google says Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses.
Why
Your consent. You can withdraw it at any time with Cookie settings.
Who handles it
Google. Google may process this data in the United States, and says it relies on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for these transfers.
How long
At most 14 months, the longest Google Analytics keeps this data.

Vercel Web Analytics (no cookies)

What
A count of page views: the page, the site you came from, your country or region, and your browser, operating system and type of device. It sets no cookies. Vercel says visitors are told apart by a code made from the request, which is thrown away after 24 hours, and that the counts cannot identify you.
Why
Our legitimate interest in knowing which pages are used, in a way that identifies nobody.
Who handles it
Vercel, the company that hosts this website.

Hosting and protection

What
Like every website, the servers that deliver our pages see the technical details your browser sends to load a page: your IP address, your browser type and the page asked for.
Why
Our legitimate interest in delivering the site and protecting it from attacks.
Who handles it
Vercel hosts the site. Cloudflare sits in front of it to deliver pages quickly and block attacks. They keep technical logs under their own privacy policies. We do not use these logs to identify anyone.

The contact form

What
Your name, email address, the type of question, the subject and your message, plus your phone number and organisation if you choose to give them.
Why
To reply to you: our legitimate interest in answering the messages people send us.
Who handles it
The form is sent to our email inbox by EmailJS, a service run by EmailJS Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, outside the EU.
How long
Only as long as we need it to deal with your message. Then we delete it.

The Report a Scam form

What
What you tell us: the type of scam, how they contacted you, what happened, any details of the scammer, whether you lost money (a range, not an amount) and when it happened. Your email address only if you choose to give it. Your report is anonymous unless you give your email. Please do not include card numbers, PINs, passwords or bank login details.
Why
Our legitimate interest in warning people about scams going around in Ireland. We may use what you describe, without your name or contact details, to write or update a scam warning. If you give your email and tick the box, we may contact you about your report.
Who handles it
Sent to our email inbox by EmailJS, as for the contact form.
How long
Only as long as we need it. Then we delete it.

Videos on scam pages

What
Some ScamWatch pages have a short video. Nothing from YouTube loads until you tap Watch. The video then plays in YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). YouTube says views in this mode are not used to personalise your YouTube experience or the adverts it shows you elsewhere.
Why
Your choice to tap Watch.
Who handles it
Once a video is playing, Google's own privacy policy applies to it.

Amazon links on product pages

What
Some of our product pages link to products on Amazon. Where a link is an affiliate link, the page says so, and we may earn a small commission if you buy, at no extra cost to you. We do not give Amazon any information about you. ScamWatch, emergency and safety pages never carry these links.
Why
Your choice to follow the link.
Who handles it
If you click through to Amazon, Amazon may set its own cookies under its own privacy notice.

Our footer links to our Facebook page and YouTube channel, and our pages link to official bodies such as garda.ie. Those sites have their own privacy policies once you go there.

What we do not do

  • We show no adverts.
  • We never sell or rent your information, or share it for marketing.
  • There is no account, no sign-up and no newsletter.

Your rights

Under data protection law (the GDPR) you can:

  • Access: ask for a copy of the information we hold about you.
  • Correction: ask us to fix information that is wrong.
  • Erasure: ask us to delete it.
  • Objection and restriction: ask us to stop using it, or to limit how we use it.
  • Portability: ask for it in a form you can take elsewhere.
  • Withdrawing consent: switch Google Analytics off at any time with Cookie settings.

To use any of these, email [email protected]. We will reply within one month.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you can raise a concern with the Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie), Ireland's data protection regulator. The Commission asks people to contact the organisation first, so please tell us and we will try to put it right.

Changes to this page

If we change how we handle information, we will update this page and the date at the top.

Questions: [email protected]

Where our statements about these services come from