Privacy Policy
Last updated: 25 October 2026
Tatkowski Interpreting & Recruitment Limited ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Tatkowski Interpreting & Recruitment Limited
CRO No. 803790
Apartment 32, The Green, Strand Street, Malahide, Co. Dublin, K36 KV97, Ireland
Email: contact@tatkowski.com
Phone: +353 83 871 0861
1. What Data We Collect
When you request a service, we may collect:
- Name, email address, phone number
- Postal or billing address
- Documents submitted for translation
- Company name and job title (business clients)
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:
- IP address, browser type, and device information
- Pages visited and time on site
- Referring website or search terms
- Cookie data (see Section 8)
When you contact us via WhatsApp, we process messages and any documents you send through that platform. WhatsApp (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited) acts as a data processor in this context. Their privacy policy applies to the platform itself.
2. Why We Process Your Data (Legal Basis)
| Purpose | Legal Basis |
|---|---|
| Delivering translation or interpreting services | Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) |
| Responding to enquiries | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) |
| Processing payments | Contract performance |
| Complying with tax and legal obligations | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) |
| Sending marketing communications | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — you may withdraw at any time |
| Improving our website and services | Legitimate interests |
3. Who We Share Your Data With
We may share your data only where necessary:
- Translators and interpreters — contractors
- Payment processors — Revolut Payments UAB, to process transactions securely
- Directory and listing platforms — business name, address, and contact details only, for local business listings
- Cloud and IT service providers — under data processing agreements (e.g. Microsoft 365, Cloudflare)
- Legal or regulatory authorities — where required by law
We never sell your personal data.
4. International Transfers
Some service providers may process data outside the EU/EEA. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or adequacy decisions.
5. How Long We Keep Your Data
| Data Type | Retention Period |
|---|---|
| Documents sent for translation | Deleted 90 days after delivery |
| Client correspondence | 7 years |
| Marketing contact data | Until you unsubscribe or request deletion |
| Website statistics: daily visit totals with no personal data, and quote-form progress linked to your order reference if you place an order. | Kept for up to 26 months |
6. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure — request deletion of your data, subject to legal retention requirements
- Restriction — ask us to limit processing in certain circumstances
- Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Objection — opt out of direct marketing or certain other processing
- Withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@tatkowski.com.
7. Supervisory Authority
Our lead supervisory authority is the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC):
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the DPC at any time.
8. Cookies and storage on your device
We don’t use advertising or tracking cookies, and we don’t use Google Analytics or similar tools. Our visitor statistics come from our own servers and don’t place anything on your device.
We only store what the site needs to work:
- a sign-in cookie when you open My orders or Validate, so you stay signed in;
- your language choice for our call service;
- small settings kept in your browser: light or dark mode, your language, and whether you’ve already seen our cookie notice or install suggestion;
- your quote details while you complete an order, so a page reload doesn’t lose them.
These are strictly necessary or are settings you chose, so no consent is needed. You can clear them at any time in your browser settings; the site will still work, but you’ll need to sign in again.
9. Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed at individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we hold such data, please contact us immediately at contact@tatkowski.com.
10. Third-Party Links
Our website may link to external platforms (e.g. WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. Please review their policies separately.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top will reflect any changes. Continued use of our services after a material update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Automated Processing & Artificial Intelligence
Our quote form uses artificial intelligence to analyse uploaded documents and calculate pricing. Documents are processed by Cloudflare Workers AI (Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct) running on Cloudflare’s infrastructure. No document content is retained by the AI system after processing is complete.
Our WhatsApp assistant is powered by AI and may handle initial enquiries. Conversation state is stored temporarily per session to maintain context and is cleared after a period of inactivity.
Uploaded documents are stored securely to support redelivery and deleted 90 days after delivery. Documents are never used to train AI models.
You have the right to request human review of any automated decision. To exercise this right, contact us at contact@tatkowski.com.
Chat on our website
When you use the chat, we keep your messages, any files you send, and your email address if you give it, so we can answer you and handle your order. Answers may come from Lingo, our AI assistant, which runs on our own Cloudflare account and is not trained on your messages. A member of our team can read the chat and reply. Messages in another language are translated automatically. A chat with no order is deleted 12 months after its last message; a chat linked to an order is deleted when the order is deleted or anonymised. You can ask us to see or delete your chat at any time.
12. Contact
For any privacy-related queries or to exercise your rights:
Phone: +353 83 871 0861
Post: Tatkowski Interpreting & Recruitment Limited, Strand Street, Malahide, Co. Dublin, K36 KV97, Ireland
