Last updated: 15 July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, store and protect personal data when you visit accord-method.com, purchase or access The Accord Method, join its community, subscribe to emails, or contact me.
The data controller is:
Oisín Mulcahy, trading as The Accord Method
Business address: Blackrock, Cork. T12F6HF
Email: oisin@accord-method.com
Country of establishment: Ireland
This policy applies to my processing of personal data. Podia, Stripe and other service providers may also process certain information under their own privacy policies.
Depending on how you interact with The Accord Method, I may collect:
This may include your:
Name
Email address
Country of residence
Billing address or postcode
Account and profile information
This may include:
The product you purchased
Amount paid
Date and status of the transaction
Discounts, refunds or cancellations
Relevant invoice and tax information
Payments are processed through Stripe. I do not receive or store your complete payment-card details.
This may include:
Course enrolment and access information
Lesson progress and completion
Downloads and interactions with course materials
Profile information
Responses, comments or content you submit
Community posts and other material you choose to share
Content posted in community spaces may be visible to other members of those spaces.
I may retain information you provide when you:
Contact me by email
Request support
Respond to a survey or questionnaire
Submit feedback
Communicate through Podia or the course community
Podia and its service providers may automatically collect technical information such as:
IP address
Device and browser type
Login and access times
Pages viewed
Course and website usage
Cookies and similar technologies
Security and fraud-prevention information
I may record whether you have agreed to receive marketing communications and whether you have subsequently unsubscribed.
I may use your personal data to:
Process and administer purchases
Create and manage your account
Deliver The Accord Method and related materials
Provide access to course and community features
Respond to questions and provide customer support
Send essential information about your purchase or course access
Maintain financial and tax records
Prevent fraud, misuse and security incidents
Improve the course and customer experience
Administer surveys or collect feedback
Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
Send marketing emails where I have a lawful basis to do so
Comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations
I do not sell your personal data.
Under data-protection law, I must have a lawful basis for processing personal data. I rely on the following bases:
I process personal data where necessary to:
Complete your purchase
Provide access to the course
Manage your account
Deliver materials and services
Respond to service-related requests
Without this information, I may be unable to provide the course or fulfil your purchase.
I may process and retain information where required for purposes such as:
Taxation
Accounting
Consumer law
Responding to lawful requests from public authorities
I may process information where reasonably necessary for my legitimate interests, including:
Running and administering the business
Providing customer support
Securing the course and website
Preventing fraud and misuse
Understanding how the course is used
Improving products and services
Managing complaints and legal claims
I only rely on legitimate interests where those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
I rely on consent where required, including for:
Marketing emails where no other lawful basis applies
Non-essential cookies or tracking technologies
Any other processing for which you are specifically asked to consent
You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
I may send you marketing communications where you have consented or where otherwise permitted by law.
You can stop receiving marketing emails at any time by:
Clicking the unsubscribe link in an email
Contacting me at oisin@accord-method.com
Unsubscribing from marketing will not prevent you from receiving essential service messages concerning your purchase, account, course access or changes to the service.
I may retain a minimal record of your email address on a suppression list to ensure that your marketing preference continues to be respected.
Payments are processed by Stripe.
Stripe may collect payment details, billing information, device information and information required for fraud prevention and regulatory compliance. Stripe processes this information according to its own privacy policy.
I generally receive transaction information such as your name, email address, purchase amount, payment status and limited payment-method details. I do not receive your complete card number.
Stripe states that it may retain information after a transaction where necessary for regulatory, fraud-prevention, tax, accounting and financial-reporting obligations.
The course, checkout, customer accounts, community and some email communications are provided through Podia Labs, Inc.
Podia processes personal data necessary to host and operate these services. In some circumstances, Podia acts as a processor on my behalf. In other circumstances, Podia may process personal data as a separate controller for its own legitimate purposes.
Podia provides a GDPR data-processing agreement for EU customers and states that it addresses controller–processor obligations and international transfers.
Podia may collect information including account details, purchase information, device and IP data, course activity, cookies and communications submitted through its services.
Personal data may be disclosed to service providers where necessary to operate The Accord Method, including:
Podia, for hosting, accounts, course delivery, community and emails
Stripe, for payment processing and fraud prevention
Email and communication providers
Website, domain and security providers
Accountants, tax advisers, solicitors or other professional advisers
Public authorities where disclosure is legally required
These organisations only receive information relevant to the services they provide, subject to applicable law and contractual obligations.
I may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation or court order
Protect customers or members of the public
Investigate fraud, misuse or security incidents
Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
Complete a future sale or transfer of the business, subject to appropriate safeguards
Some service providers, including Podia and Stripe, operate internationally and may process personal data outside Ireland or the European Economic Area.
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, the transfer will be made using an appropriate legal safeguard where required. These safeguards may include:
An adequacy decision
European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses
An applicable data-transfer framework
Another lawful transfer mechanism
Podia states that it may process EU customer data in the United States and provides contractual provisions addressing international transfers. Stripe states that it may transfer data internationally and uses safeguards including adequacy decisions and Standard Contractual Clauses where applicable.
The website and Podia platform may use cookies and similar technologies.
These may include:
These are necessary for functions such as:
Account login
Checkout
Course access
Security
Remembering essential settings
These may remember preferences and improve how the service operates.
Where enabled, these may help measure website visits, course usage and the performance of pages or communications.
Where enabled, these may be used to measure campaigns or provide more relevant advertising.
Where consent is required, non-essential cookies should not be placed until you have made a choice. You can manage available preferences through the cookie controls displayed on the relevant website or through your browser settings.
Disabling essential cookies may prevent parts of the website, checkout or course from working correctly.
I retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
The following general periods apply:
Purchase, invoice and accounting records: retained for the period required under applicable Irish tax and accounting laws.
Course and account information: retained while your account or course access remains active and ordinarily for up to two years after access ends or the account is closed.
Support enquiries and correspondence: ordinarily retained for up to two years after the matter is resolved.
Community contributions: retained while the relevant community or account remains active, unless deleted earlier or retention is required for moderation, security or legal reasons.
Marketing information: retained until you unsubscribe or withdraw consent, after which a minimal suppression record may be retained.
Legal disputes: relevant information may be retained until the applicable claim or limitation period has expired.
Information may be retained for longer where necessary to comply with law, resolve a dispute, prevent fraud or establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Service providers such as Podia and Stripe may apply their own documented retention periods.
I take reasonable organisational and technical measures to protect personal data against:
Unauthorised access
Loss
Misuse
Alteration
Disclosure
Destruction
These measures include using reputable service providers, account security controls and limiting access to information where appropriate.
No internet transmission or electronic-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should use a strong, unique password for your account and keep your login details confidential.
Subject to applicable law and certain exceptions, you may have the right to:
Request access to your personal data
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
Request deletion of your personal data
Request restriction of processing
Object to processing based on legitimate interests
Object to direct marketing
Receive certain information in a portable format
Withdraw consent at any time
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
These rights are not absolute. For example, I may need to retain information to comply with tax law or to establish or defend legal claims.
To exercise your rights, email:
I may ask for information reasonably necessary to verify your identity before responding to a request.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission in Ireland. I would appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns first, but you are not required to contact me before making a complaint.
The Accord Method concerns alcoholic beverages and is intended only for adults who have reached the legal drinking age in their country.
I do not knowingly offer the course to, or collect personal data from, anyone under the age of 18. If you believe that a person under 18 has provided personal data, contact me at oisin@accord-method.com so that the matter can be investigated.
I do not use personal data to make solely automated decisions that produce legal effects or similarly significant effects concerning you.
Service providers may use automated systems for purposes such as payment security and fraud prevention under their own policies.
The website or course may contain links to third-party websites. I am not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or services that I do not operate.
You should review the privacy information supplied by those third parties before providing personal data.
I may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the course, service providers, business practices or legal requirements.
The current version will be published with a revised “Last updated” date. Where a change materially affects how personal data is processed, I will provide additional notice where appropriate.
Questions, concerns or requests relating to this Privacy Policy can be sent to:
Oisín Mulcahy
Trading as The Accord Method
Email: oisin@accord-method.com
Address: Blackrock, Cork. T12F6HF
Ireland