When we refer to ‘we’ (or ‘our’ or ‘us’), that means Michael’s Fan Club CLG. Michael’s Fan Club CLG is our legal company name but we are trading as Michael’s Fan Club. To keep things simple, we will use our trading name ‘Michael’s Fan Club’ throughout this Privacy Notice. Michael’s Fan Club is based in Ireland.
This privacy notice describes how and why we, as Data Controller, obtain, store and process personal data.
‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
We commit to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully, and transparently. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions in addition to the information provided in this Privacy Notice at info@michaelsfanclub.ie .
Depending on the type and level of engagement you have with us, we may collect the following categories of personal data:
While our services are designed for a general audience, we will not knowingly collect any data from children under the age of 16 or sell products to children, without the consent of a parental guardian to do so. If you are under the age of 16 and we do have the consent of a parental guardian, you are not permitted to use or submit your data to the website.
As part of providing our service to you, we will need to collect and process sensitive data (otherwise known as ‘Special Categories of Personal Data’). Sensitive data refers to specific categories of personal information that are considered highly private and require special protection. This includes (but is not limited to) data related to an individual’s race or ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic or biometric data, health information, and any data revealing sex life or sexual orientation. Processing sensitive data requires a higher level of precaution due to its potential impact on an individual’s fundamental rights and freedoms.
When it comes to processing sensitive data, we will only process or share your sensitive data with your explicit consent unless there is a specific legal basis that allows processing without consent. Explicit consent means obtaining clear and unambiguous permission from you, presented in a way that is separate from other terms and conditions. You will be fully informed about the purpose of processing the sensitive data and any potential consequences.
How We Collect Your Data
We may collect your personal data in one of the following ways:
We may also receive personal data about you from various third parties, including:
We will only collect and process your personal data where we have a legal basis to do so. As a data controller, the legal basis for our collection and use of your personal data varies depending on the manner and purpose for which we collected it. We will only collect personal data from you when:
We process your personal data in order to fulfill any of the activities below:
How We Share Your Data
We sometimes share your personal data with our trusted categories of third parties we use to conduct our business. Our trusted categories of third parties include:
As part of fraud monitoring and prevention, we may be legally required to share your personal data with government bodies and law enforcement. Please note that these bodies may retain a record of the information that we provide to them for this purpose.
Sale or Merger
We may share your personal information as part of a merger or acquisition. If Michael’s Fan Club is involved in a merger, financing, transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets, or in the event of a liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, we may share your information with that company before and after the transaction closes. In such a case, unless otherwise directed by applicable law, your information would remain subject to the terms of the applicable privacy policy in effect at the time of such transfer. You will be notified of any such changes in advance.
We may send you direct marketing communications, product information and promotional offers:
The marketing communications we send will be in relation to our own products or services, your personal data will not be used for third-party direct marketing unless separate explicit consent has been collected for that or you are from a country where the laws permit such processing.
You will always have full control of your marketing preferences. If you do not wish to continue receiving marketing information from us at any time:
Customers located in certain regions, such as the EEA and UK, also have the right to object to their personal data being processed for direct marketing purposes at any time. If you would like to object you can contact us by e-mail at info@michaelsfanclub.ie
We will process all requests as soon as possible, but please note that due to the nature of our IT systems and servers it may take a few days for any opt-out request to be implemented.
Our use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies. They help us to provide you with the very best experience when you browse our website and to make improvements to our website. You can accept or reject cookies by clicking on the cookie consent banner on our website.
For detailed information on the cookies we use and the reasons why we use them, please refer to our Cookie Policy or Cookie Declaration on our website.
Our use of Analytics
We use analytics to continuously enhance our website, products, services, and features, ensuring an improved user experience. To achieve this, we rely on third-party tools and services that provide valuable insights and analysis of user behavior.
These third-party tools help us collect information automatically when you visit our website (where we have a legal basis to do so). The data includes details such as device type, browser, IP address, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. By analyzing this information, we gain valuable insights into user preferences, interactions, and usage patterns. Through the use of these analytics tools, we can optimize website performance, personalize content, and enhance our offerings to better meet customer expectations.
For example, where users have accepted cookies, we enhance our marketing efforts using Klaviyo’s segmentation feature. This allows us to segment our customer base and create targeted marketing campaigns. We categorize customers based on their preferences, behaviors, and purchase history, ensuring that we send personalized and relevant content to individuals (where we have a legal basis to do so). The information used for segmentation may include but is not limited to email addresses, browsing activity on our website, product preferences, order history, and demographic data. This enables us to provide tailored promotions, discounts, and product recommendations, increasing the overall shopping experience for our customers.
If you would like any further information about the data collected by these third parties or the way in which the data is used, please contact us on info@michaelsfanclub.ie .
Our use of Targeted Advertising
We use targeted advertising tools to advertise our services, including (but not limited to):
We use these tools to deliver relevant content to you in marketing communications (where applicable), and to measure the effectiveness of the advertising provided.
If you would like any further information about the data collected by these third parties or would like to opt-out of targeted advertising, please contact us on info@michaelsfanclub.ie .
Our website may include links to social media platforms and other websites. If you follow a link to any of these platforms or websites, please note that they their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to their platforms or websites.
The communication between your browser and our website uses a secure encrypted connection wherever your personal data is involved.
We have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial security procedures in the storage and disclosure of your personal data to protect it against accidental loss, destruction or damage. Nevertheless, any data transmission over the internet or by any other means can never be fully secure, such is the character of the internet, and provision of personal data by you to us is at your own risk. We take all reasonable measures to protect your personal data by putting appropriate technical and operational security measures in place.
When we disclose your personal data to trusted third parties (for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice), we require all third parties to have appropriate technical and operational security measures in place to protect your personal data, and we work with them to ensure that your data privacy rights are respected. Where your personal data is shared with a third party, it must only be used for the purposes for which it was supplied.
In the unfortunate event of a personal data breach, we will notify you and any applicable data protection authority when we are legally required to do so.
Retaining your Data
We will not keep your personal data for longer than is necessary and when we no longer need to keep it, we will securely destroy, delete or anonymise it in line with our Data Retention policy.
Having obtained your consent (or other legal basis) to contact you, we will retain your personal data for marketing and analysis purposes until you withdraw your consent or unsubscribe. If you choose to withdraw your consent or unsubscribe from marketing, we will delete your personal data from our systems, unless we have another legal basis to retain it, which may include performance of our contract with you or to maintain your contact details on an ‘unsubscribed list’ to ensure we do not send you further communications.
We may need to retain your personal data to satisfy our legal obligations, to deal with complaints and queries, in order to resolve, litigate or defend a dispute and to prevent fraud and abuse.
Data Transfers
We will take all steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy notice. Please contact us if you want further information on the countries to which we may transfer personal data and the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data outside the EEA – info@michaelsfanclub.ie .
You have rights under data privacy laws and Michael’s Fan Club is committed to you being able to freely exercise your Rights. Send us an email atinfo@michaelsfanclub.ie to exercise your rights. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights.
EEA and UK General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR and UK GDPR)
Users located in the UK or European Economic Area (EEA) have the above rights as well as the below under the EU GDPR and UK GDPR.
Right of erasure: you have the right of access to personal data erased if we do not have a legitimate reason for retaining your data.
Right to data portability: you have the right to obtain a digital copy of your personal data, request the transfer of your personal data to another company or request to move your data from one IT system to another in a safe and secure way. This right only applies to personal data you provide to us, and we process it with your consent or in order to fulfil our contract with you by automated means. It also only applies to the extent that it does not affect the rights and freedoms of others.
Right to restriction of processing: you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data where you are contesting the accuracy of that information, you have objected to processing (as described below), or where the processing is unlawful. Where processing is restricted, we are may need to retain sufficient information about you to ensure that the restriction is respected in future.
Right to object to processing: you have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances such as where your personal data is being processed based on our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party.
To object to automated decision-making including profiling: you have the right not to be the subject of any automated decision-making or profiling by us.
To complain to the relevant supervisory authority: should you have any concerns or complaints regarding the way in which we process your data, you also have the right to make a complaint to the relevant European Supervisory Authority. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach a Supervisory Authority, so please do contact us in the first instance – info@michaelsfanclub.ie . The contact details of European Supervisory Authorities can be found here: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en#member-lv
EEA and UK General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR and UK GDPR)
Your rights include, under certain circumstances, the right to:
Be informed: you have the right to be informed if and how your personal data is being processed.
Access, rectification, or erasure: you have the right of access to personal data we hold about you in our records. You are also entitled to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate, or to have it erased if we do not have a legitimate reason for retaining your data.
To request data portability: you have the right to obtain a digital copy of your personal data, request the transfer of your personal data to another company or request to move your data from one IT system to another in a safe and secure way. This right only applies to personal data you provide to us, and we process it with your consent or in order to fulfil our contract with you by automated means. It also only applies to the extent that it does not affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To request restriction of processing: you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data where you are contesting the accuracy of that information, you have objected to processing (as described below), or where the processing is unlawful. Where processing is restricted, we may need to retain sufficient information about you to ensure that the restriction is respected in future.
To object to processing: you have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances such as where your personal data is being processed based on our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party.
To object to automated decision-making including profiling: you have the right not to be the subject of any automated decision-making or profiling by us.
To withdraw consent: in cases where we are relying on your consent for the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. In respect of the e-marketing we conduct, an unsubscribe option is included with every e-marketing communication we send.
To complain to the relevant supervisory authority: should you have any concerns or complaints regarding the way in which we process your data, you also have the right to make a complaint to the relevant European Supervisory Authority. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach a Supervisory Authority, so please do contact us in the first instance – info@michaelsfanclub.ie . The contact details of European Supervisory Authorities can be found here: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en
We may change this policy from time to time, to reflect how we are processing your data. If we make significant changes, we will make that clear on our website or by some other means of contact such as email, so that you are able to review the changes before you continue to use our services.
We welcome feedback and are happy to answer any questions you may have about your data.
You can contact us at:
Email: info@michaelsfanclub.ie
This notice was most recently updated: 26 June 2025
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