Privacy Policy

At IrishBantr, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our platform.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

1.1 Personal Information

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Password (stored in encrypted form)
  • Location
  • Profile information (including photos, biographical information, interests, etc.)
  • Messages and communications with other users

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited and features used
  • Time and date of your visits

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our service
  • To create and manage your account
  • To personalize your experience
  • To provide location-based services (classifieds, dating, forums)
  • To enable communication between users
  • To improve and optimize our platform
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
  • To enforce our Terms of Service

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • With other users: Your profile information, classifieds, forum posts, and messages are shared with other users as part of normal platform functionality.
  • Service providers: We may share information with third-party vendors who provide services on our behalf (hosting, email delivery, analytics, etc.)
  • Legal requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid legal requests.
  • Business transfers: If IrishBantr is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

4. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission or storage system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:

  • Right to access your personal data
  • Right to rectify inaccurate personal data
  • Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object to processing
  • Rights related to automated decision making and profiling

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@irishbantr.ie.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our platform. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of our service may not function properly without cookies.

7. Children's Privacy

IrishBantr is not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 years of age. If we discover that a child under 18 has provided us with personal information, we will promptly delete it.

8. Third-Party Links

Our service may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@irishbantr.ie
Address: IrishBantr Ltd., Dublin, Ireland

Last Updated: June 9, 2025