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ELF BOX

YOUR DATA & PRIVACY

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ELF BOX collects, uses and protects personal information when people visit elfbox.ie, place an order, contact us or buy digital products.

Quick Summary

Information We Collect

Information may include contact, billing, shipping, order, personalisation and website usage details.

How We Use Your Data

Information is used to process orders, provide products, support customers and operate the website.

Personalisation Data

Child or group names are used where supplied for personalised products and order management.

Secure Payments

Card payments are processed by WooPayments (powered by Stripe). Full payment card details are not stored by ELF BOX.

Your GDPR Rights

Customers may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object, request portability or withdraw consent.

Data Security

Reasonable steps are taken to protect customer information through secure systems and payment processing.

Service Providers

Information may be shared with service providers where needed to operate the website and fulfil orders.

Cookies & Analytics

We use cookies needed for the basket, checkout and secure payment, and simple cookie-free visitor statistics (Matomo) kept on our own server. No Google Analytics or advertising pixels.

Policy Details

Business & Data Controller

Legal business name: Auracrest Limited
Company registration number: 801310 (registered in Ireland)
Trading name: ELF BOX
Address: Dournane Road, Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, X91 WD92, Ireland
Website: elfbox.ie
Email: hello@elfbox.ie
Phone: +353 89 944 7998
Data controller: Auracrest Limited, trading as ELF BOX

Information We Collect

Information collected may include: name, email address, phone number, billing and shipping addresses, order details, product choices, child or group names for personalised letters, payment confirmation details, digital download access details, contact form messages, order notes and basic technical information needed to run the website safely.

Personalisation Information

Child or group names are collected only where supplied by the customer for personalised products. This information is used to prepare the ordered letters and manage the order. ELF BOX does not knowingly collect information directly from children.

How Information Is Used

Information may be used to process orders and payments, deliver physical products and digital downloads, personalise letters, send order updates, answer enquiries, provide support, manage refunds and damaged items, maintain required records, improve the website, send permitted marketing and protect the website from fraud, spam or misuse.

Service Providers

Information may be shared where needed with: WooCommerce (our shop software), WooPayments and Stripe (card payments and fraud prevention), postal or delivery providers (to deliver physical orders), Hostinger (website hosting and email), and professional advisers or legal authorities where required by law. Our Matomo visitor statistics stay on our own server and are not shared. Auracrest Limited, trading as ELF BOX, does not sell customer personal information.

Payment Information

Card payments are processed securely by WooPayments (powered by Stripe). Available payment methods are shown at checkout. Stripe may use cookies and device information on the checkout page to prevent fraud. Auracrest Limited, trading as ELF BOX, does not store full payment card details.

Cookies & Analytics

Essential cookies. The website uses cookies that are needed for it to work: to remember your basket, keep you logged in to your account, complete checkout and take secure payments. Our payment provider Stripe sets fraud-prevention cookies (__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid). WooCommerce also stores simple first-party information about how you arrived at the shop (for example, from a search engine or a social media link) with your order (sbjs_ cookies), so we can see which channels bring orders. This information is not shared with advertisers.

Visitor statistics (Matomo). We use Matomo to count visits and see which pages are popular. Matomo runs on our own website server, so this data is not sent to Google or any other company. It is set up without cookies, and visitor IP addresses are shortened (anonymised) before they are stored, so we cannot identify you from them.

We do not use Google Analytics, Meta (Facebook) Pixel, TikTok Pixel or other advertising or tracking tools. If we add any of these in the future, we will update this policy and ask for your consent first where the law requires it.

Data Retention

Information is kept only as long as needed for order fulfilment, support, legal, accounting and tax requirements.
Marketing details are retained until unsubscribe or removal where appropriate.

Security

Reasonable steps are taken to protect customer information through secure systems and payment processing.

International Transfers

Some service providers, such as Stripe and WooCommerce (Automattic), may process information outside Ireland or the EEA. Where this happens, appropriate safeguards are used in line with applicable data-protection law.

Your GDPR Rights

Customers may have rights to:
Access their information
Correct their information
Delete their information
Restrict processing
Object to processing
Request portability
Withdraw consent
Complain to the Data Protection Commission in Ireland

Privacy Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact ELF BOX:
Email: hello@elfbox.ie Phone: +353 89 944 7998

Questions About Your Personal Information?

For privacy-related questions or to make a request regarding your personal information, contact ELF BOX.