Privacy Policy

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

Myrentconnect.ie, and/or its affiliates and related companies (“Myrentconnect.ie”, “we”, or “us”) operate the Myrentconnect.ie website and other related websites (collectively our “Site”). This Privacy Policy sets out our firm commitment to the privacy of our users (“users” or “you”) and how we collect and use your personal data.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing our Site, using our services and, where relevant, expressly accepting this policy, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy please do not use our Site.

We respect your right to privacy and will only process personal information you provide to us in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as introduced in May 2018.

Contact details
If you have any questions about how we collect, store and use personal information, or if you have any other privacy-related questions, please contact us by any of the following means:

phone us at: +353 1 529 2756

e-mail us at: info@myrentconnect.ie.

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes
We may from time to time, make changes to this Privacy Policy. We will set out any important changes at the end of the Privacy Policy and you should check back regularly to check to see if there have been any changes to this Privacy Policy.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes your relationship with us.

Third-party links
Our Site may contain links to third party sites, including sites with which we have affiliate agreements. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third party websites. This Privacy Policy extends only to personal data we collect from you either via our Site, or in our dealings with you. We recommend that you check the privacy and security policies and procedures of each and every other website that you visit.

THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, date of birth, passport or national ID card data.
Contact Data includes postal address, email address, telephone numbers and instant messaging account details.
Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
Usage Data includes information about how you use our Site.
Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and third parties and your communication preferences.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data), unless specifically provided by you as part of your use of our service. We do not collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

We may collect information about you in a number of ways, including:

Direct interactions. Most of the personal data we collect about you will be personal data you provide to us. For example, you may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in a form on our Site or if you correspond with us via phone, email, instant messaging service, speak to us at an event or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
- enquire about our products or services;
- create an account on our Site;
- make a booking via our Site;
- verify your identity;
- request marketing to be sent to you;
- enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
- give us feedback.

We will also keep a record of our conversations with you, whether by phone, skype, IM or in person.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
To verify identification in line with partner agreements.
To enable the transfer of secure payments in line with partner agreements.
Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
To provide relocation support services, subject to your consent, in line with partner agreements.

Marketing
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you for marketing purposes.

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us or if you provided us with details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion and, in each case, you have not opted-out of receiving that marketing.
We will obtain your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company outside the Myrentconnect group of companies for marketing purposes.

If at any time after providing us with your personal data you no longer want to receive such marketing from us or third parties you can contact us at info@myrentconnect.ie

When you opt-out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us by you as part of a transaction with us.

Change of purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to receive an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose please contact us at info@myrentconnect.ie
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

In some instances, we may need to share your personal data with the parties set out below:

External Third Parties as set out in the Glossary.
Specific third parties such as property advertisers and affiliate third parties so that they can get in touch about your booking or help answer your query. Equally, an advertiser may share your personal data with us in order to facilitate a booking made via our Sites.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

6. DATA SECURITY

We take appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help safeguard your personal data from unauthorized access and disclosure. When transmitting your personal information to a third party (such as an advertiser) in order to complete a request made by you on our Site, we will use commercially reasonable means to secure your personal data. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we assume no liability for interception, alteration or misuse of information transmitted over the internet, except for losses incurred as a result of our gross negligence or default.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

7. DATA RETENTION

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Sensitive personal data will be retained for 90 days post identity verification.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical or accounting purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

8. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

In certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including:

the right to request access to your personal data;
the right to request correction of your personal data;
the right to request erasure of your personal data;
the right to object to the processing of your personal data;
the right to request restriction of processing your personal data;
the right to request transfer of your personal data; and
the right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please write to us (either by post or by e-mail) at the address specified above.

What we may need from you
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that your personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time limit to respond
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

GLOSSARY

Lawful basis

Legitimate Interest means our interest in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us at info@myrentconnect.ie

Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.

Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.

Third parties

External Third Parties

Service providers acting as processors or joint controllers based worldwide who provide IT, infrastructure, identity verification, data processing, and system administration services.
Professional advisers acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, and insurers based worldwide who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
Revenue and taxation regulators and other government authorities acting as processors or joint controllers based in the countries in which we operate who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

Your legal rights

You have the right to:

Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.

Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.

Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.

Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This policy was last updated on 08 March 2023 to include more detail about the data we collect, the ways we use your data and your rights with regard to that data. This is to address new privacy legislation in Europe (but these updates will also apply if you live outside Europe).