Finance Company of Ireland is committed to protecting any personal information that you may provide to us.
By using our site, you agree to accept the principles set out in this policy.
We reserve the right to amend or supplement this policy from time to time without giving notice to you. We may do this by publishing details of any changes on this web page. You agree to revisit this page regularly. Your continued access to, or use of our site, will mean that you have agreed to any changes we make.
Your questions
If you have any questions and wish to contact us, please click on the section Contact Us. Telephone calls may be monitored and/or recorded.
Use of Personal Information
In general you can and are welcome to visit our site and uses its features without telling any information about yourself.
Our goal is to provide information to you on car finance in Ireland, to assist you in making an informed mortgage decision and in due course to act as an intermediary for our lenders in submitting your application for processing.
Where you complete a secure on line application this information will be treated in confidence and will only be used for the purpose of assisting you in obtaining a mortgage.
Information completed in your secure application is encrypted and cannot be seen by a third party. This information is held on a secure server and is not emailed.
If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter your contact email address will only be used for the purposes sending you a regular finance newsletter.
Security of Collected Information
We will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that we protect your personal data from unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage.
Technical and Routing Information including Cookies
A technology called cookies may be used to provide you with tailored information. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive, so you can be recognised when you return. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. Cookies are used on our web sites to monitor the traffic to the site. They are used to count the number of visitors to each page and to track the path each visitor takes to navigate this web site but no personal information about you is collected during this process. If our web site requires you to register or login to gain access to the site, cookies are used to assist in this process. Cookies are used as part of the registration process. They are also used to store the username while the user is logged into the site and to track the number of times the user has tried to log in during a single visit. However, if you prefer not to accept cookies, you can set your browser to reject them or to alert you before one is placed. Please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/ to discover how to disable and delete cookies.
Data Protection Acts 1998 & 2003
All car finance applications are subject to credit checks. When assessing a loan application and when making credit decisions, our underwriters make an enquiry to the Irish Credit Bureau in order to assess the applicant's credit record. The applicant's credit file will record the fact that an enquiry has been made. This information may be disclosed to other financial institutions, in the event a subsequent application is made to them for credit facilities.
November 2005