Privacy Policy

First Time Buyer's Bible ("FTBB", "we", "us" or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard your personal data when you visit ftbb.ie, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts 1988–2018 (as amended).

Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with its terms, please discontinue use of our website.

1. Who We Are

FTBB — First Time Buyer's Bible Ireland is an Irish company (Company No. 729638) operating the website ftbb.ie. We act as the data controller for personal data collected through this website.

Contact: info@ftbb.ie

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Contact information: your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us.
• Usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URL — collected automatically via cookies and analytics tools.
• Communications: the content of any email you send us.

We do not collect sensitive personal data (such as health data, financial account details or government ID numbers) through this website.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes and legal bases:

• Newsletter delivery — to send you monthly property market updates and guides (legal basis: consent). You can withdraw consent at any time by clicking "Unsubscribe" in any email.
• Website analytics — to understand how visitors use our site and improve our content (legal basis: legitimate interests / consent where required by cookie law).
• Responding to enquiries — to reply to messages you send us (legal basis: legitimate interests / contract performance).
• Legal compliance — to fulfil our obligations under Irish and EU law (legal basis: legal obligation).

4. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies on this website. Please see our Cookie Policy for full details of which cookies we set and how to manage your preferences.

5. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and delivering our services, including:

• Email marketing provider (e.g. Mailchimp) — to send newsletters. They process data under their own GDPR-compliant data processing agreements.
• Analytics providers (e.g. Google Analytics) — to analyse website traffic. See Google's privacy policy for details.
• Hosting provider (Vercel) — to host our website infrastructure.

All third-party providers are required to implement appropriate data security measures. Where providers are based outside the EEA, transfers are subject to appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses).

We may also disclose your data if required to do so by law, a court order, or a regulatory authority.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

• Newsletter subscriber data: retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
• Analytics data: retained per the retention settings of our analytics provider (typically 14 months).
• Email enquiry data: retained for up to 2 years after the enquiry is resolved.

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access — to receive a copy of your data we hold.
• Right to rectification — to have inaccurate data corrected.
• Right to erasure — to request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
• Right to restriction — to request that we limit how we process your data.
• Right to data portability — to receive your data in a machine-readable format.
• Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
• Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@ftbb.ie. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) at dataprotection.ie if you believe your data rights have been infringed.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites (such as lender sites, grant scheme portals or partner services). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal data.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.