Irish By Descent Privacy Policy
Last Modified: March 4, 2026
Introduction
Irish By Descent, LLC (“Company” or “we”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Policy.
This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website IrishByDescent.com (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This Policy applies to information we collect:
- On this Website.
- In email and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
- Directly from you when you communicate with us (for example, by email) or request information.
- Through our third-party course platform (currently Thinkific), including information we receive from your Thinkific account (your “Thinkific Account”) in connection with enrollment, purchases, account administration, and access to our content.
It does not apply to information collected by:
- Thinkific, to the extent Thinkific collects or processes information for Thinkific’s own purposes, which is governed by Thinkific’s privacy policy and terms of service.
- The Company offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by the Company or any third party; or
- Any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website or your Thinkific Account.
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website or our course platform. By accessing or using our Website or our course platform, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our Website or our course platform after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.
Thinkific
Our content is made available through a third-party platform that is not operated or controlled by us. Please note that this platform, Thinkific, is governed by its own privacy policy and terms of service (Privacy Policy | Thinkific) (Thinkific Terms of Service | Thinkific). While we do not control the platform, the platform host may share certain information with us – including account details associated with your Thinkific Account (such as name, email address, and enrollment status), limited purchase and transaction details (such as product purchased, order status, order number or order ID, amount paid, date of purchase, and payment provider), and usage data (such as logins, IP address, and course progress or completion information) – in order to facilitate access to our content, administer purchases and account access, or improve user experience. We do not receive or store full payment card numbers.
We use any such information provided to us in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You understand and agree that we do not control Thinkific’s platform, and that Thinkific’s collection and processing of information through its platform is governed by Thinkific’s privacy policy and terms of service. Requests about Thinkific’s own privacy and data collection practices should be directed to Thinkific in accordance with the Thinkific Privacy Policy.
Children Under the Age of 16
Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 via our Website. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register for an account or make any purchases through our Thinkific course platform, use any of the interactive features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name and email address. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at [email protected]. If you are under the age of 16 and wish to obtain our services or provide personal information on our Website, ask your parent or legal guardian to contact us.
Residents of certain states under 13, 16, or 18 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website or users of Irish By Descent content, including information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as name, billing location information (such as country and zip/postal code), email address, IP address, and payment method and transaction details (such as payment provider, card brand, last four digits, expiration date, product purchased, order status, order number or order ID, amount paid, and date of purchase), or any other identifier by which you may be personally contacted or identified (“personal information”).
- About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically as you navigate through the Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.
- From third parties, for example, our business partners or Thinkific.
- From publicly available sources.
Information You or Your Authorized Agent Provides to Us
The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of subscribing to receive emails, updates, or access to free gated resources, or requesting further information. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
- Financial or personal information you provide to us directly or through our Website.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
We use Matomo analytics to understand how visitors use our Website and to improve our Website and content. Depending on our configuration, Matomo may use cookies and may process information such as IP address (which can be anonymized), device and browser information, pages visited, and referrer information. Matomo also supports website visitor opt-out and Do Not Track preferences.
On our Website, we do not currently use pixels or web beacons for our own website analytics. We use Matomo analytics as described above. However, third-party service providers we use, including our email marketing provider, may use cookies, tracking pixels, or similar technologies in emails or hosted pages to measure engagement (such as email opens, link clicks, and related performance metrics) and support delivery and analytics. Information collected by third-party providers is subject to their privacy policies.
The information we collect automatically may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
- Optimize our reports, Website, and content.
- Recognize you when you return to our Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
Third-Party Services, Cookies, and Tracking Technologies
Some content, features, or applications on the Website may be provided by third parties (for example, content providers, embedded tools, analytics tools, or application providers). These third parties may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website or interact with those features. Any information collected by third parties is governed by their own privacy policies. We do not control these third parties’ technologies or privacy practices, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present our Website and its contents to you.
- To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
- To provide content to you through your Thinkific Account.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website or obtain access to content through our Website or your Thinkific Account.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
We may also use your information to contact you about our products, services, and updates that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please email [email protected]. You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by emailing [email protected].
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business, including Thinkific.
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Irish By Descent’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Irish By Descent about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
We may also disclose your personal information:
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
- To enforce or apply any agreements we have with you, including for billing and collection purposes.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Irish By Descent, our customers, or others.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information in relation to our Website:
- Cookies and Your Choices. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
- Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to [email protected]. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. We use a third-party email service provider (currently Flodesk) to send marketing and informational emails. That provider may use tracking technologies such as pixels or tracked links to help us measure email engagement, such as opens and link clicks. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us.
We do not use third-party display advertisements on the Website.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided directly to us through the Website. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete personal information stored in your Thinkific Account on our Thinkific course platform. You may be able to update certain information through your Thinkific Account settings.
If you request deletion of your Thinkific Account, we may delete your Thinkific user account from our Thinkific course platform. Please note that Thinkific may collect and process certain information through its platform for Thinkific’s own purposes (for example, security and operational logs), which we do not control. Requests about Thinkific’s own privacy and data collection practices should be directed to Thinkific in accordance with the Thinkific Privacy Policy. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
Your State Privacy Rights
State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:
- Confirm whether we process their personal information.
- Access and delete certain personal information.
- Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information's nature and processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
- Data portability.
- Opt-out of personal data processing for:
- targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);
- sales; or
- profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah).
- Either limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. To exercise any of these rights, please email [email protected].
Data Security
Any payment transactions you complete are controlled by Thinkific, not Irish By Descent or the Website. Our access to information you provide through Thinkific or your Thinkific Account is governed by Thinkific’s privacy policy and terms of service.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website or your Thinkific Account, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot completely guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at [email protected] and include the following in the Subject line:
“WEBSITE PRIVACY REQUEST – [YOUR NAME] [DATE].”