Last updated: 11 October 2026
This policy explains how EMC Electrical ("we", "us") collects and uses your personal data when you visit emcelectrical.ie, contact us, or engage us for electrical work. We handle your data in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018.
EMC Electrical is an electrical contracting business run by Eugene McElhinney, based in Lucan, Co. Dublin, Ireland. We are the data controller for the personal data described in this policy. You can contact us about anything in this policy at info@emcelectrical.ie or on 087 955 6056.
When you use our contact form, email or call us, we collect the details you give us: your name, email address, phone number, the service you need and your message. This may include your address or Eircode and details about your property.
If you become a customer, we also keep records of the work carried out, quotes, invoices, payments and any electrical certificates issued.
When you visit the website, our hosting and security providers automatically process technical information such as your IP address, browser type and device information so the site can be delivered and protected from spam and abuse.
To respond to your enquiry and give you a quote. This is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (GDPR Article 6(1)(b)).
To carry out, invoice and follow up on the work you ask us to do. This is necessary to perform our contract with you (Article 6(1)(b)).
To keep financial records and issue electrical completion certificates as required by Irish law and Safe Electric rules. This is necessary to comply with our legal obligations (Article 6(1)(c)).
To keep the website secure and working properly. This is in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)).
We do not sell your data, and we do not use it for marketing without your consent.
We only share personal data where necessary, with: Webflow, Inc., which hosts this website and stores contact form submissions; Cloudflare, Inc., which provides website security, spam protection on our forms (Turnstile) and domain services; Google, which provides the fonts used on this website, meaning your browser connects to Google's servers; and our email provider, our accountant and, where required, Safe Electric for the certification of work.
Some of these providers are based in, or transfer data to, the United States. Where this happens, transfers are protected by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
Enquiries that don't lead to work are deleted within 12 months. Customer records, invoices and certificates are kept for at least 6 years after the work is completed, in line with Irish tax and regulatory requirements.
You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to how we use it, and to receive a copy in a portable format. To exercise any of these rights, email info@emcelectrical.ie and we will respond within one month.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page, along with the date it was last updated.
