Privacy & Cookie Policy
Last updated 25 May 2026
HomeGrants.ie is an independent home-grants information service for Irish homeowners. We are not SEAI or a government body. This policy explains what personal data we collect when you use the site and our personalised grant-report product, how we use it, and your rights.
Who we are (data controller)
HomeGrants.ie is an independent home-grants information service based in Ireland, and is the controller for personal data collected through this site. You can contact us about privacy, consent, withdrawals or data rights at info@homegrants.ie.
What we collect
- Property & answers: your Eircode (or county), the approximate latitude/longitude derived from it, your house type, build-year band, welfare/qualification answer and any upgrades you tell us are already done.
- Order & contact: when you buy a report, the email address you enter at checkout, your order reference, and payment status. Card/payment details are handled entirely by our payment processor — we never see or store your card details.
- Technical: your IP address, device and browser information, page and referrer URLs, a random session identifier, and the steps you take through the funnel — used for security, fraud/abuse prevention and measuring how the site performs.
How we use it, and our legal basis
- To provide the report you asked for — generating your personalised PDF and localised estimates from your answers, taking payment, and delivering the report by download and email. Legal basis: performance of a contract with you.
- To run and protect the site — security, fraud/abuse prevention, record-keeping, handling queries and complaints. Legal basis: our legitimate interests.
- Optional advertising & analytics cookies (e.g. the Meta Pixel) — only with your consent, which you give via the cookie banner and can withdraw at any time.
Who we share it with
We do not sell your personal data. We use trusted service providers ("processors") to run the service:
- Stripe — payment processing (Apple Pay, Google Pay, card). Stripe handles your payment details under its own privacy policy.
- Microsoft — to email your report to you.
- Google (Gemini) and Mapbox / Google Maps — to generate the written summary and the map image inside your report.
- Hosting and infrastructure providers — to run the website and store order records.
- Meta — only if you accept advertising cookies, to measure ad performance.
How long we keep it
We keep order records for as long as needed to provide the report, meet tax/accounting obligations and handle any complaint or refund — and otherwise no longer than necessary. Free anonymous report generations are not stored. You can ask us to erase your data (see your rights below).
International transfers
Some providers (e.g. payment, email, AI and mapping) may process data outside the EEA. Where that happens we rely on lawful transfer mechanisms such as adequacy decisions or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
Cookies
We use two kinds of cookies/local storage:
- Essential — needed for the site to work (e.g. remembering your cookie choice and your session). These are always on.
- Advertising/analytics (Meta Pixel) — these only load after you choose "Accept all" in the cookie banner. Choose "Essential only" and they are never loaded. You can change your mind by clearing your browser storage for this site, which brings the banner back.
Your rights
You can ask for access, correction, erasure, restriction or portability of your data, and you can object to processing or withdraw consent at any time by emailing info@homegrants.ie. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing already carried out. You also have the right to complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission (dataprotection.ie).
HomeGrants.ie is an independent guide and is not affiliated with SEAI or any government body. Always confirm current grant rules on SEAI.ie.