Privacy Policy

Executive Summary

Effective date: 26th Nov 2023.

SAAS providers

HowMuchRent uses a number of third parties to help provide a quality service to you:

  • AWS hosts our outgoing email, and also runs our servers. Note that it does not store test logs; see AWS's privacy policy for more details.

  • Google Apps is our incoming mail host. Any information you send us by email is therefore accessible to Google. See Google's privacy policy for a detailed discussion of how they may access this.

  • Posthog provides us with information about how people use our site. This means we use the Posthog tracking cookie throughout our site. Posthog privacy policy.

  • Sentry.io is used to keep track of any errors with our code, which does happen. If an error occurs while using HowMuchRent.com, an error log is send to Sentry, to be processed by our dev team asap. This may include your ip address. This information is deleted generally within 7 days automatically and is not utilised for any other means. Only founders and sysadmins will have access to this data. Their privacy policy is available here.

  • NewRelic.com is used to monitor the performance of our servers. Only the founders or sysadmins will have access to these logs. The ip address a user used, may be recorded in the logs and shared with newrelic. This information is not utilised in any other way, and is deleted generally within 30 days automatically. Their privacy policy is available here.

  • DataDog.com is used for similar purposes as NewRelic above. Their privacy policy is available here.

  • Cookie Banner leaves a cookie on your device once you close the cookie. This is to stop the cookie from re-appearing on your next page load.

Cancelling your account

Once you instruct us to delete your account, HowMuchRent will promptly remove your Data, unless retention of your Data is necessary for HowMuchRent to comply with legal obligations and/or resolve disputes. If HowMuchRent needs to retain Your Data in one of these exceptional circumstances, we will notify you using the email address associated with your user account.

Feedback

We take security incredibly seriously. If you have any suggestions for how we could improve our security, or improve this policy, please contact us at [email protected]. We will act immediately to deal with the issue. If you have found a security issue with the site, we believe in responsible disclosure and [email protected] is the correct channel for such information.

Use of the Platform

You may use the Platform to search for and view rental listings from multiple rental portals. You may also create an account on the Platform to save your search preferences and to receive notifications about new rental listings.
HowMuchRent is a search tool that gathers public information and it is not responsible for any information regarding its listings. The platform also does not ensure that every result from the sources are listed.

Restrictions

You may not use the Platform for any of the following purposes:
To violate any law or regulation.
To spam or abuse other users.
To use the Platform in any way that is harmful or disruptive.
To defame anyone via your descriptions.

Changes

We may update this Agreement from time to time. The most current version of the Agreement will always be posted on the Platform. If you continue to use the Platform after a change to the Agreement, you will be deemed to have accepted the new Agreement.

Feedback

We take security incredibly seriously. If you have any suggestions for how we could improve our security, or improve this policy, please contact us at [email protected]. We will act immediately to deal with the issue. If you have found a security issue with the site, we believe in responsible disclosure and [email protected] is the correct channel for such information.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use a cookie to contact our backend server, and is required for operation of the site

Further questions

Any questions about this Privacy Policy should be addressed to [email protected]


A 100% Independent Project

HowMuchRent.com is currently self-funded to make rental data accessible to all in Ireland.