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Find My Church (findmychurch.ie) is an independent, voluntary directory of Christian churches in Ireland. This notice explains what personal data we hold, why, and the rights you have over it under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.

Last updated: 4 June 2026

Who we are

Find My Church is the data controller for the information described here. You can reach us at info@findmychurch.ie for any question about your data or to make a request.

What we collect, and why

Church listing details. We publish information about churches such as name, address, service times, and publicly listed contact details. Much of this is organisational, not personal. We deliberately minimise personal data: we prefer an organisational or office contact (such as a parish office number or an info@ address) and we withhold or remove contact details that belong to a named individual rather than the church. Where a personal detail does appear, we treat it as personal data and rely on our legitimate interest in running a useful public directory of active churches. We usually gather these details from publicly available sources, such as the church's own website or its diocese or network website, rather than from the person directly.

Where each listing's information comes from.So you can see the origin of what we publish, each church listing carries a “Sources & attribution” note showing where its details, photo, and map location came from, and whether a detail was later updated by a member of the public through our correction form. This is also how we meet our obligation to tell you the source of personal data we did not collect from you directly.

Church photos. Some church photos shown on the site are not stored by us. We display them by linking to where the church or another source already publishes the image, and the image may be routed through a third-party image service that resizes it. When your browser loads a listing, that image service and/or the original host receives your IP address in order to deliver the image. We do not control how those third parties process that information.

Information you submit through our forms. When you suggest a correction, request that a church be added, or ask for a listing to be removed, you may give us an email address and the content of your message. We use this only to process and follow up on your submission. For a correction your email is optional; to add a church or contact us it is required so we can reply.

Usage analytics. We collect aggregate analytics (such as page views, country, and which filters or search terms are popular) to understand how the site is used and improve it, using Vercel Web Analytics and our own aggregate event log. Neither uses cookies and neither builds a profile of you, so this data does not identify you personally.

Cookies

This site does not use cookies. Our analytics are cookieless, the map tiles and image service load as plain content without setting cookies through this site, and we do not track you across the web.

Lawful basis

We process the data above on the basis of our legitimate interests in providing and improving a public directory that helps people find churches near them. If you give us your email, we take that as you wanting a reply. We do not use the data for advertising or profiling. Because we rely on legitimate interest, you can object to this processing at any time (see Your rights below).

Sharing and the third parties involved

We do not sell your data and we do not share it for marketing. Our listing and form data is stored with our hosting and database providers, Vercel and Supabase, which process it on our behalf within the EU. Notification emails are sent through Resend, an email delivery service. Where we send a message you submit to Resend, or where our providers' support teams access data, your information may be processed outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. Where that happens it is covered by appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, and we can provide further detail on request.

Two further services receive limited information when a page loads in your browser:

  • Map. Our interactive map uses CARTO map tiles built on OpenStreetMap data. When the map loads, these services receive your IP address in order to serve the map tiles, under their own privacy terms.
  • Images. As noted above, church photos may load through a third-party image service and/or the original host, which receives your IP address in order to deliver the image.

Our hosting provider also keeps standard server logs that may include IP addresses and basic request information. We use these only to operate and secure the site, not to build profiles of visitors, and they are retained for a limited period in line with the provider's standard settings.

How long we keep it

Church listing details are kept for as long as the listing is published. When you give us your email through a form, we keep it only to follow up on and verify your submission: for as long as the information you submitted is shown on the site, and for up to 12 months after that information is changed or removed, after which it is deleted. If we do not act on your submission, your email is deleted within 12 months. Information you provide that becomes part of a published listing (for example a corrected address or a new church entry) is kept as part of that listing. Analytics are retained in aggregate form.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

  • ask what personal data we hold about you (access);
  • have inaccurate data corrected (rectification);
  • ask us to delete your data, including removing a church listing (erasure);
  • object to our processing of your data;
  • in some circumstances, ask us to restrict processing, or to receive your data in a portable format.

You can object at any time to our listing of information that relates to you. When you object, we will stop unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms, which we weigh case by case, not as a blanket policy. In practice, for most requests we will simply remove or amend the listing.

To exercise any of these, email info@findmychurch.ie, or use the Suggest a correction panel on any church, which includes an option to request that the listing be removed. We endeavour to answer within one month.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you can contact us first, and you also have the right to complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission at dataprotection.ie.

Find My Church (findmychurch.ie) has been online since 27 May 2026.