This HBFI Website Privacy & Cookies Policy (the “Policy”) provides information about the personal data that the Home Building Finance Ireland (“HBFI”) collects and the ways in which the HBFI uses that personal information when you visit the website https://www.hbfi.ie (the “HBFI”). The Policy also provides information about the use of cookies and other similar technologies on the HBFI Website. If you have any questions about this Policy or how the HBFI processes your personal data, please contact the NTMA Data Protection Officer at dpo@ntma.ie.
If you are looking for information about how the HBFI processes your personal data when you engage with us, whether as a customer, business partner, job candidate, or generally as a member of the public, please visit our Data Protection Statement.
Links to other external websites are inserted for convenience. HBFI is not responsible for the content or the processing of your personal data if you visit any external websites.
Types of Personal Data Collected
Like most websites, we gather statistical and other analytical information about all visitors to our Website. This Technical Data comprises information, such as user IP addresses, browser types, web search terms, and other statistical data involving the use of our Website (for example, what pages on the Website you visited and whether these functioned as intended). An IP address is the identifying details for your computer on the Internet expressed in "Internet Protocol" code (for example 192.168.75.46). Every computer connected to the Internet has a unique IP address, although the address may not be the same every time a connection is made.
We collect the Technical Data using cookies or other similar technologies (please see the Cookies section for more information).
There are email addresses listed on the Website for contact and information purposes. Should you choose to contact HBFI via email, your contact details will only be used for the purposes outlined in your email request.
When you interact with us (such as contacting us via email) or apply for a job via the NTMA recruitment portal, you may provide us with your personal data.
The processing of a job application via the NTMA recruitment portal will require the provision of personal information on the part of the applicant. All information provided will be treated in confidence consistent with our obligations under Data Protection Law and the ePrivacy regulations.
For more information about how we process your personal data when you apply for a job with us, please see our NTMA Data Protection Statement.
We process your personal data for the following reasons:
Why we process your personal data |
Legal basis |
Categories of personal data |
|---|---|---|
To operate the Website and ensure that it performs as intended, such as by using analytics to understand the performance of our Website, and to help us increase the usability and accessibility of the Website. |
HBFI relies on its legitimate interests in ensuring that it can provide a functional Website, to support its functions and objectives. |
Technical data |
To respond to queries submitted directly to us by you. |
HBFI relies on its legitimate interests in responding to any queries submitted directly to it. |
Contact details Information that you provide |
Where necessary, we may use information that you provide directly to us on the Website to fulfil our statutory functions and obligations. For further information on how we process personal data to fulfil our statutory functions and obligations, please see our Data Protection Statement. |
HBFI relies on the public interest provision provided for in Article 6(1)(e) GDPR for the purpose of fulfilling our statutory functions and obligations. HBFI also relies on Article 6(1)(b) where processing is necessary for performance of a contract or in relation to preparatory steps prior to entering into a contract |
Contact details Information that you provide |
HBFI does not employ automated decision-making or carry out profiling
of data subjects.
HBFI may use other service providers to assist in the recruitment process, e.g. to undertake psychometric testing of candidates. Information may therefore be provided to third-party service providers acting on behalf of HBFI, in confidence, as part of the recruitment process.
We will share your personal data with our third party service providers who help us to ensure that we can operate the Website (for example, to Communicraft and Blacknight who manage, support & host our websites and to Google who assist us in monitoring the performance of the Website). Where possible, we will only share aggregated information with these third party service providers such that you cannot be identified.
Apart from the above, information that you provide will not be made available to third parties except in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
We will keep personal data in accordance with the HBFI Records Management Policy and only for as long as the retention of such personal data is deemed necessary for the purposes for which that personal data is processed (as described in this Policy) unless we are required to retain your personal data for a longer period.
In accordance with Data Protection Law, you have certain data subject rights. The rights in question are as follows (together the “Data Subject Rights”):
- The right of a data subject to receive detailed information on the processing;
- The right of access to personal data, including the right to obtain a copy of any personal data processed;
- The right to rectify or erase personal data (known as the “right to be forgotten”);
- The right to restrict processing;
- The right of data portability;
- The right of objection; and
- The right to object to automated decision making, including profiling.
You also have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data where the processing is based on consent. If you withdraw your consent, this does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place prior to the withdrawal.
Some of the Data Subject Rights will not apply in some cases, and exemptions may apply to the exercise of the Data Subject Rights. To exercise any of the Data Subject Rights, please apply in writing to the Data Protection Officer, Home Building Finance Ireland, Treasury Dock, 1 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 A9T8 or email dpo@HBFI.ie.
Any changes to this Policy will be posted on this Website so that you are aware of the information we collect and how we use your personal data.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Policy, please contact the Data Protection Officer, Home Building Finance Ireland, Treasury Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 A9T8 or email dpo@ntma.ie. You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority, which in Ireland is the Data Protection Commission (the “DPC”). The DPC may be contacted by post at 6 Pembroke Row, Dublin 2, D02 X963 or online.
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