1. Who we are
Harvest Financial Advocates ("Harvest", "we", "our") is a fund-recovery consultancy operating from 45 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland. We assist clients who have lost funds to unregulated or rogue trading platforms through chargeback, regulatory, and litigation channels. This notice explains how we handle personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.
2. What data we collect
When you submit an enquiry we collect the information you provide, and a limited amount of technical data describing your visit:
- Your name, email address, telephone number and an approximate figure for the amount at stake;
- Information you share during your case assessment — the platforms involved, transaction histories, supporting correspondence;
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, referring page, and any UTM campaign parameters;
- Cookies and similar technologies, where you have given consent.
3. Purposes of processing
Your personal data is processed only for defined purposes:
- To assess the merits of your case and decide whether we can take it on;
- To contact you in reply to your enquiry and, if instructed, to manage the case;
- To comply with anti-money-laundering, KYC and record-keeping obligations that apply to us;
- To safeguard and improve the security of our website.
4. Lawful basis
We rely on one of the following lawful bases under Article 6 GDPR, depending on the purpose: your consent; the performance of a contract with you; compliance with a legal obligation; or our legitimate interests in operating our services in a measured and proportionate way.
5. Recipients
We share personal data only where necessary, and only with carefully chosen parties: affiliated solicitors where litigation is pursued; payment-processor dispute teams where a chargeback is filed; regulators where a complaint is submitted on your behalf; and infrastructure providers (hosting, secure email) under written data-processing agreements. We do not sell your data under any circumstances.
6. International transfers
Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we rely on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, an adequacy decision of the European Commission, or another lawful transfer mechanism.
7. Retention
Enquiry-only data is retained for up to 24 months and then deleted. Data relating to clients who instruct us is retained for 7 years after case closure, to meet professional record-keeping and regulatory obligations.
8. Your rights
You have the right to request access to, rectification of, or erasure of your personal data. You may also object to certain processing, request portability, and withdraw any consent you have given. Requests may be addressed to privacy@harvest-advocates.ie and will be answered within one month.
9. Complaints
If you are not satisfied with the way we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission at dataprotection.ie.
10. Changes
This notice may be updated from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of the page will always indicate the most recent revision.