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Privacy Policy
Last updated 2 November 2026
Plan 9 is a growth strategy practice led by Ollie Walsh. This page explains what personal data olliewalsh.com collects, why, and what you can do about it. It is written to meet the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Irish Data Protection Acts 1988–2018.
Who is responsible
The data controller is Plan 9 From Outer Space Limited (company number 572136), trading as Plan 9, PorterShed a Dó, 15 Market Street, Galway, H91 TCX3, Ireland. For anything to do with your data, email ollie@olliewalsh.com.
What we collect, and why
If you only read the site, we do not track you. There is no analytics and no advertising. Our web host keeps standard server logs — IP address, browser, page requested, time — for security and to keep the site running. The site loads its typefaces from Google Fonts, so your browser shares your IP address with Google when a page loads. Both rely on our legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If you fill in the “See If We’re a Fit” form, we collect what you tell us: your name, work email, role and (if you give it) LinkedIn profile, plus details about your company such as its website, sector, revenue, growth, team size, funding, markets, sales channels and the challenges you describe. We use them only to decide whether Plan 9 can help and to reply to you. The legal basis is taking steps at your request before entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b)) and our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries (Article 6(1)(f)). Your answers are emailed to Ollie and stored in the site’s database.
If you subscribe to the newsletter — through a signup box on this site or the optional tick box on the enquiry form — we collect your email address and, if you give it, your name and company. We use them only to send Thinking Inside the Box essays and occasional updates from Plan 9. The legal basis is your consent under Article 6(1)(a), which you can withdraw at any time using the unsubscribe link in every email.
If you email us, we keep your message and address for as long as the conversation needs, and no longer than two years.
Who else sees it
- HostWeb4All hosts the site, its database and its server logs on servers in the United States.
- Mailchimp (Intuit Inc., USA) stores the newsletter list and sends the emails. Transfers to the US are covered by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses. Mailchimp records whether each email is opened and which links are clicked; you can avoid this by blocking images in your email client.
- Google (Google Ireland Ltd) serves the site’s fonts.
We do not sell, rent or share your data with anyone else.
How long we keep it
Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement are deleted within 12 months. If we work together, records are kept for as long as the engagement needs and afterwards for as long as Irish tax and company law requires. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe. Server logs are kept for a short period set by our host.
Your rights
You can ask to see the data we hold about you, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to how we use it, or receive a copy in a portable format. Email ollie@olliewalsh.com and we will reply within one month.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you can complain to the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28 — dataprotection.ie.
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Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it.