Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 March 2026

1. Who we are

cherbourg-rosslare.com is an independent informational website providing travel information about the Cherbourg to Rosslare ferry route. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Brittany Ferries or any ferry operator. This website is operated as an affiliate and informational resource.

For questions about this privacy policy, you may contact us through the form on our contact page.

2. What data we collect

We collect minimal personal data. The types of information we may collect include:

Information you provide

• Name and email address, if you use the contact form on this website.
• Any additional information you voluntarily include in a message to us.

Information collected automatically

• IP address (anonymised where possible).
• Browser type and version.
• Device type and operating system.
• Pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring website.
• Cookie data (see our Cookie Policy for details).

3. How we use your data

We use the data we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiries — if you contact us through the website, we use your name and email to reply.
• To improve the website — analytics data helps us understand how visitors use the site, so we can improve content, performance, and navigation.
• To display relevant content — we may use basic browsing data to tailor the information shown on the site.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Legal basis for processing

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process your data based on:

• Legitimate interest — for analytics and website improvement, where this does not override your rights and freedoms.
• Consent — for non-essential cookies, which you can manage through your browser settings or our cookie banner.
• Contractual necessity — to respond to your enquiries when you contact us.

5. Third-party services

We use the following third-party services, each of which may process data according to their own privacy policies:

• Microsoft Clarity — for analytics and user behaviour insights. Clarity may record anonymised session replays and heatmaps. Microsoft Privacy Statement.
• DirectFerries — when you click affiliate booking links, you are redirected to DirectFerries, which operates under its own privacy policy. We do not control or access any data you provide to DirectFerries.
• Google Fonts — we load fonts from Google's servers. Google may collect your IP address in connection with this. Google Privacy Policy.

6. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience and to analyse website traffic. For full details on the cookies we use and how to manage them, please see our Cookie Policy.

7. Data retention

We retain your data only for as long as necessary:

• Contact form submissions are kept for up to 12 months, then deleted.
• Analytics data is retained in anonymised form according to the retention settings of the analytics platform.
• Cookies expire according to the timelines set out in our Cookie Policy.

8. Your rights under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Ireland, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access — you may request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — you may ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure — you may ask us to delete your personal data.
• Right to restrict processing — you may ask us to limit how we use your data.
• Right to data portability — you may request your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to object — you may object to our processing of your data, including for analytics purposes.
• Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our contact page. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Data security

We take reasonable measures to protect the data we collect, including the use of HTTPS encryption for all pages on this website. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children's privacy

This website is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child, please contact us so we can delete it.

11. Links to other websites

This website contains links to external websites, including ferry operator sites and booking platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal data.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us through our contact page.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Ireland, this is the Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie).