Privacy Policy — McCann & Curran Reality

1. Who We Are

McCann & Curran Reality Limited (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a property management company registered in Ireland. Our registered office is at Lower Camden St, Dublin, D02XE80. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts 1988–2018.

2. Data We Collect

We collect and process the following categories of personal data:

Tenant data: name, address, date of birth, PPS number, contact details, tenancy agreements, rent payment history, maintenance requests.
Landlord data: name, address, date of birth, PPS number, bank account details, property documents, RTB registration records.
Website visitors: IP address, browser type, pages visited (via cookies — see our Cookie Policy).
Contact enquiries: name, email address, phone number, and message content submitted via our contact form.

3. How We Use Your Data

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

Managing tenancy agreements and landlord contracts (legal obligation / contract performance).
Processing rent payments and issuing financial statements.
Complying with RTB (Residential Tenancies Board) registration requirements.
Coordinating maintenance and repair requests.
Communicating service updates, rent reviews, and compliance notices.
Fulfilling legal and regulatory obligations under Irish and EU law.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on the following lawful bases under GDPR Article 6:

Contract performance — to fulfil our obligations under tenancy and management agreements.
Legal obligation — to comply with RTB, Revenue, and other statutory requirements.
Legitimate interests — to operate and improve our services, prevent fraud, and ensure security.
Consent — for marketing communications (where applicable).

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with:

The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) as required by law.
Revenue Commissioners for tax compliance purposes.
Vetted contractors for maintenance coordination (name and property address only).
Legal advisors or courts where required to enforce or defend legal claims.
IT service providers operating our portal infrastructure, under strict data processing agreements.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above. As a general rule:

Tenancy records are retained for 7 years after the tenancy ends (legal obligation).
Financial records are retained for 7 years (Revenue requirements).
Contact enquiries are retained for 12 months.

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR you have the right to:

Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data.
Erasure — request deletion of your data (subject to legal obligations).
Restriction — ask us to limit processing in certain circumstances.
Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, email info@mccannandCurran.com. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (www.dataprotection.ie).

8. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. PPS numbers and financial information are encrypted at database level and access-controlled.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page with the date of last update shown above.