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Privacy Policy

How we collect, use, and protect your information.

📅 Last updated: 22 February 2026 🇮🇪 Governed by Irish & EU law

Contents

🏠 Who we are 📋 What we collect ⚖️ Why we collect it 🍪 Cookies & analytics 🗄️ Data retention ✅ Your rights 🤝 Third parties 📬 Contact

🏠 Who We Are

Rent Ready Ireland is a free informational platform providing rental decision tools to people renting in Ireland. We are not an estate agency, financial adviser, or property portal. Our tools are built to help renters make more informed decisions — nothing more.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts 1988–2018 (Ireland).

📋 What Data We Collect

Email address (optional)

We collect your email address only when you choose to download one of our free templates — the Tenant Profile Template, Landlord Introduction Letter, or the Document Checklist PDF. You are not required to provide an email to use any of our calculators or tools.

What we do NOT collect

  • No names, phone numbers, or postal addresses
  • No financial information or payment details
  • No passwords — we have no accounts or login system
  • No sensitive personal data (e.g. health, ethnicity, religion)
  • No personal profiles are created or stored

Analytics data (aggregated)

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This data is aggregated and anonymised — it tells us things like which pages are visited most often, not who you are. See the Cookies section below for more detail.

⚖️ Why We Collect It & Our Legal Basis

Email for downloads (Consent)

When you enter your email to download a free template, you are consenting to us storing that email address to understand download activity and improve our resources. This is entirely voluntary — the tool still works without downloading.

Lawful basis under GDPR Article 6(1)(a): Consent.

Analytics (Legitimate Interest)

We use aggregated, anonymised usage data to understand how our tools are being used and to improve their quality. We have a legitimate interest in understanding which features are most useful so we can build better products for Irish renters.

Lawful basis under GDPR Article 6(1)(f): Legitimate interest.

🍪 Cookies & Analytics

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files stored in your browser that help us understand how the site is being used.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics (provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) to collect anonymised data about website visits including pages viewed, time spent, and general geographic region (country level). Google Analytics does not identify you personally.

Google Search Console

We use Google Search Console to monitor how our site appears in Google search results. This tool does not collect personal data from visitors.

No advertising cookies

We do not use any advertising networks, retargeting cookies, or third-party tracking for commercial purposes.

Managing cookies

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Disabling cookies will not prevent you from using any of our tools.

🗄️ Data Retention

Email addresses collected via the download gate are retained for up to 12 months from the date of collection, after which they are deleted. We do not use these email addresses to send marketing communications. If you wish to have your email deleted sooner, you can contact us at any time.

Aggregated analytics data held by Google is governed by Google's own retention policies, which you can review at policies.google.com/privacy.

🔒 How We Protect Your Data

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect any personal data we hold. Email addresses collected are stored securely with restricted access. We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to any third party for commercial purposes.

🤝 Third-Party Processors

We share limited data with the following trusted third parties, solely to operate and improve the website:

  • Google Analytics / Google Ireland Ltd. — Anonymised usage statistics. Google Privacy Policy →
  • Central Statistics Office (CSO) Ireland — We display publicly available data from CSO datasets (CPM24, CJA07). No personal data is shared with the CSO.
  • OpenStreetMap / Nominatim — We use the Nominatim geocoding API to convert office addresses to map coordinates for the Commute vs Rent tool. Only the text of addresses entered is sent; no personal identifiers are transmitted.

We do not use any advertising networks, data brokers, or marketing platforms.

📬 Third-Party Websites

Our tools contain links to third-party websites, including Daft.ie for property listings. We have no control over the content or privacy practices of those sites and are not responsible for their policies. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

✅ Your Rights Under GDPR

As a resident of the EU/EEA, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of Access — You may request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification — You may ask us to correct inaccurate data.
  • Right to Erasure — You may ask us to delete your data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Right to Restrict Processing — You may ask us to limit how we use your data.
  • Right to Object — You may object to processing based on legitimate interest.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent — Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint — You have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commission (Ireland) at dataprotection.ie.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details below. We will respond within 30 days.

🌍 Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Ireland and EU data protection law, including the GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the Data Protection Acts 1988–2018. Any disputes arising from this policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.

🔄 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect when the most recent changes were made. Continued use of the website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Questions about this policy?

Get in touch via our Contact page and we'll respond within 30 days.

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