Privacy Policy

Last updated: 7 August 2026

Settle.ie publishes free guides for moving to Ireland. This page explains exactly what data we collect, who processes it, and how you can opt out or get it removed. Plain English. No surprises.

Who we are

Settle.ie is an independent guide site published under the Settle.ie trading name, based in Ireland. For any privacy question, or to exercise the rights listed below, email editor@settle.ie.

What we collect, and why

Analytics

We run two analytics tools side by side:

  • Google Analytics 4 (property G-JBSD5T7RJV) — sets cookies, collects anonymised page views, IP-derived approximate location, browser/device info, and referral source. Data is processed by Google in the EU and US.
  • Umami — a privacy-focused analytics tool. Does not set cookies and does not collect personal data. Records aggregate page views, referrer, browser, and country only.

Newsletter and lead-magnet downloads

If you submit your email address (e.g. to download the Ireland Moving Checklist or subscribe to the newsletter), your email and the form you submitted from is sent to Beehiiv, our newsletter platform. Beehiiv stores your email, sends the confirmation and any future newsletters, and lets you unsubscribe with one click from any email. Beehiiv privacy policy.

Email submissions are sent over HTTPS to a Cloudflare Worker which forwards them immediately to Beehiiv — Settle.ie does not run a database and does not store your email ourselves.

Hosting

The site runs on Cloudflare Workers. Cloudflare's edge logs (IP, request path, response status) are processed for security and abuse-prevention purposes per Cloudflare's privacy policy.

Advertising

Settle.ie carries advertising — it's what keeps the guides free to read. Our advertising partner is Mediavine. Mediavine, and the advertising vendors it works with on our behalf, may set cookies and read device identifiers to select which ads you see, measure whether an ad was viewed or clicked, and limit how often the same ad is repeated. Some of this is personalised using your browsing on this site and other sites.

We ask permission before ad cookies are set, using the consent banner you see on your first visit. You can reopen it at any time to change your answer. For the detail, see Mediavine's privacy policy. Google is one of the vendors in that stack, so you can also turn off personalised Google ads at Google Ads Settings.

Cookies, in summary

  • Strictly necessary: the cookie recording your consent choice, and Cloudflare's security cookie. The site has no login.
  • Analytics: Google Analytics (cookies, can be blocked); Umami (no cookies).
  • Advertising: Mediavine and the ad vendors it works with.

You can clear or block cookies via your browser settings. Doing so won't break anything on Settle.ie — at most we'll be unable to count you in our analytics, and the ads you see will be less relevant rather than fewer.

Third-party links

Our guides link extensively to government sources (Citizens Information, Revenue, ISD, DETE, etc.) and to commercial providers (banks, brokers, insurers, airlines, etc.). We are not responsible for those sites' privacy practices. Some commercial links may be affiliate links — see How Settle.ie is funded for the disclosure.

Your rights (GDPR)

If you're in the EU/UK, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you (mainly: your email if you subscribed)
  • Have inaccurate data corrected
  • Have your data deleted ("right to be forgotten")
  • Object to processing or withdraw consent
  • Lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie)

To exercise any of these, email editor@settle.ie. We'll act within 30 days.

Children

Settle.ie is not directed at children under 16. We don't knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has subscribed, contact us and we'll remove the record.

Changes

When we add or remove a third-party service, we update this page and bump the "last updated" date at the top. Significant changes (new processors, new categories of data) will also be flagged in the next newsletter.