Butcher shops in Ireland increasingly operate online ordering systems, loyalty schemes, and delivery services alongside their traditional counter trade. GDPR applies to every butcher processing customer personal data, whether that is a delivery address book, a Christmas order list, or an online shop account database.
KEY GDPR RISKS
Maintaining unsecured paper-based customer order lists with names, addresses, and phone numbers
Retaining Christmas and seasonal order records with personal data long after the order is fulfilled
Collecting customer data for a loyalty card scheme without providing a privacy notice
Sharing customer delivery details with third-party couriers without a data processing agreement
Recording customer dietary or religious preferences linked to meat choices without appropriate consent
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