Last updated: 25 February 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how C&B Agri Enterprises Ltd (trading as “C-Bio”) (“C-Bio”, “we”, “us”) collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal data when you visit cbio.ie (the “Website”) or contact us.
Data Controller: C&B Agri Enterprises Ltd (t/a C-Bio)
Address: The Market, Main Street, Dunkineely, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Phone: +353 (0)74 973 7570
Email: info@cbio.ie
Privacy contact: Please email info@cbio.ie with the subject line “Privacy”.
Depending on how you use the Website, we may collect:
A. Data you provide to us
Contact/enquiry data: name, email address, enquiry type, and message content when you contact us via the Website contact form.
Business communications: information you include in emails, phone calls, or other communications (e.g., company name, role, phone number).
B. Data collected automatically (website usage)
When you browse the Website, typical web-server and security logs may collect:
IP address, device and browser type, pages visited, time spent, referring pages, and approximate location (derived from IP).
C. Cookies and similar technologies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to make the Website work, keep it secure, and (if enabled) understand how it’s used. See Section 6.
We do not intentionally collect special category data (e.g., health data) and ask you not to submit it via the Website.
We use your personal data to:
Respond to enquiries and provide support (e.g., answering product, distribution, or research queries).
Manage business relationships with customers, distributors, suppliers, and partners.
Operate, secure, and maintain the Website, including troubleshooting and preventing fraud/abuse.
Improve our Website and communications, e.g., understanding what content is useful (where analytics are used).
Comply with legal obligations (e.g., accounting, regulatory requests, enforcing rights).
We process personal data only when we have a valid legal basis:
Consent (Art. 6(1)(a))
For optional cookies/analytics (where used) and for marketing where consent is required.
Contract / steps prior to contract (Art. 6(1)(b))
Where your enquiry relates to obtaining products/services or entering into a business arrangement.
Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f))
To respond to business enquiries, run and secure the Website, and improve our services—where these interests are not overridden by your rights.
Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c))
Where we must retain or disclose information to comply with law.
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes above:
Enquiries (contact form/email): typically retained for up to 24 months after last contact, unless a longer period is needed (e.g., ongoing relationship or legal reasons).
Business/customer relationship records: retained for the duration of the relationship and then for the period required by applicable law (e.g., tax/accounting).
Security and server logs: typically retained for a short period (often days to months) unless needed to investigate incidents.
If you request deletion, we will comply unless we need to keep the data for legal or legitimate reasons.
Cookies are small files stored on your device. We generally group cookies as:
Strictly necessary cookies: required for the Website to function and for security.
Preferences cookies: remember choices (if any).
Analytics cookies: help us understand usage and improve (if enabled).
Embedded content cookies: content from third parties (e.g., video/social embeds) may set cookies.
Your choices:
Where required, we will ask for your consent for non-essential cookies via a cookie banner/manager. You can also control cookies through your browser settings.
We may share your data with:
Service providers (processors) who help us operate the Website and business (e.g., website hosting, IT support, security, email services). They may process data only on our instructions and under contract.
Professional advisers (legal/accounting) where necessary.
Authorities where required by law, or to protect our rights and safety.
We do not sell your personal data.
Some service providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). If we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:
an adequacy decision, or
Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), and where appropriate additional measures.
Subject to conditions and exceptions under GDPR, you have the right to:
Access your personal data
Rectify inaccurate data
Erase your data (“right to be forgotten”)
Restrict processing
Data portability
Object to processing based on legitimate interests
Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
How to exercise your rights: email info@cbio.ie. We may ask for information to verify your identity.
Irish supervisory authority:
You can complain to the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Ireland. (Company location context)
If we send you marketing (e.g., by email), we will do so only where permitted by law (consent where required, or a legitimate interest where applicable for B2B communications). You can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe option (if provided) or by emailing info@cbio.ie.
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data (e.g., access controls and security monitoring). No system is 100% secure, but we work to protect your information.
The Website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data from children.
The Website may link to third-party sites (e.g., social media platforms). Those sites have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their practices.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version on this page and update the “Last updated” date above.
