Welcome to Obsessions. (the "Blog"). This Blog is a personal website operated by Rachel Connolly based in Ireland. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected and used when you visit this site.

Because this is a personal blog with no contact forms or user accounts, the data collected is kept to a absolute minimum.

1. Information Automatically Collected

This Blog is hosted by Squarespace. When you visit, Squarespace automatically collects certain technical information about your device and visit. This includes:

  • Your IP address (anonymised where possible)

  • Your browser type and operating system

  • The pages you visit on this Blog and the timestamps

  • The website you came from (referral source)

Why this is collected: This data is necessary for Squarespace to serve the website securely, prevent spam, and provide basic, aggregated traffic statistics (such as counting how many people visit the site each day).

2. Cookies

This Blog uses cookies to function properly and to help understand visitor trends. Cookies are small text files placed on your device.

  • Functional Cookies: Squarespace uses essential cookies to ensure the website loads securely and functions correctly.

  • Analytics Cookies: If you accept our cookie banner, Squarespace Analytics cookies will be used to help see which blog posts are most popular.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time via the cookie banner on this website or by adjusting your web browser settings to block cookies.

3. Data Storage and Third Parties

Your data is securely hosted and processed by Squarespace Ireland Limited. Because Squarespace is a global company, your data may be transferred and stored outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), protected by standard contractual clauses.

We do not sell, rent, or share your technical data with any other third parties.

4. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to access, update, or request the deletion of any personal data held about you. However, because we do not collect names, email addresses, or account details, we generally have no way of identifying individual visitors from our server logs.

If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact the site owner at 12rachel2012@gmail.com