Privacy Policy
Overview
Your privacy is important to us at Kilowatt.ie. This policy explains how we handle your personal information and your rights concerning that information.
Kilowatt.ie is owned and operated by Kilowatt Limited, an Irish registered company, which is the data controller responsible for your personal information. We collect personal and contact information solely for the purpose of facilitating your quote request to solar installers and insurance brokers.
The site uses privacy-by-design so that your data is as secure as possible. This includes:
- No tracking, advertising, or analytics cookies
- No third-party tracking scripts
- The entire price comparison process happens on your own device, so zero smart meter data is sent to us
About This Website
This energy price comparison website, with the address https://kilowatt.ie, is owned and operated by Kilowatt Limited, a company registered in Ireland.
Company registration number: 814620
Registered address: Line Road, Carrick, Donegal, F94 VY84, Ireland
Data protection contact: privacy@kilowatt.ie
Cookies
We do not use cookies for tracking, advertising, analytics, or to recognise you between visits.
The only cookie set by this website is a temporary session cookie (PHPSESSID) on the solar and insurance quote-request form pages. It contains a random ID, no personal data, and exists solely to prevent the form being submitted twice by mistake. It is deleted automatically when you close your browser.
Security
This website is served over HTTPS, ensuring all data transmitted between your browser and our server is encrypted. Kilowatt.ie has additionally enabled post-quantum cryptography: Our connections are designed to resist future attacks from quantum computers, guarding against "harvest now, decrypt later" interception. Beyond encryption, the site sets a strict Content Security Policy and a range of HTTP security headers to defend against cross-site scripting, clickjacking, and similar attacks. Just as importantly, our privacy-by-design approach is itself a security measure: because your smart meter data is processed entirely within your own browser and never reaches us, the amount of data which could ever be exposed is kept to a minimum.
Types of Data We Collect
Quote request data: If you request solar or insurance quotes through our website, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and any details you provide about your property or request (e.g. Eircode, type of cover, whether you want a battery included with a solar installation).
Types of Data We DON'T Collect
Smart meter data for price comparisons: If you choose to upload your smart meter data (via a Harmonised Downloadable File from ESB Networks) to generate a personalised price comparison, this data is processed entirely within your web browser. No smart meter data is ever sent to or received by Kilowatt.ie. The comparison calculation happens on your device, and the results are displayed to you and only you. This means Kilowatt.ie never sees, stores, or processes your MPRN, half-hourly consumption data, or any other personal smart meter or other electricity usage information.
How We Use Your Data
Quote requests: When you request a solar quote, we forward your details to up to three solar installers operating in Ireland. When you request an insurance quote, we forward your details to our partner Irish insurance broker (regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland). In both cases, we are paid on a per-request basis by the installer or broker.
We do not use your data for marketing emails, and we do not share your information with any party other than the solar installers or insurance broker you have requested we contact.
Data Retention
Smart meter data: As noted above, your smart meter data is processed locally in your browser and is never transmitted to or stored by Kilowatt.ie.
Quote requests: We retain solar and insurance quote request data for 6 months from the date of submission. After this period, all personal data is securely deleted.
Your Data Protection Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Irish data protection law, you have the following rights:
- Right to access: You can ask us what personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccurate data.
- Right to erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
- Right to object: You can object to processing based on legitimate interest.
- Right to data portability: You can ask for your data in a machine-readable format.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@kilowatt.ie.
Where Your Data Is Processed
Your personal data is stored and processed within the European Economic Area (EEA), on our server located in Ireland. Limited remote technical administration of that server is carried out from outside the EEA, under appropriate access controls and safeguards. We do not store your personal data outside the EEA.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data under Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR (Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract). By submitting a quote request, you are entering into a pre-contractual arrangement where we act as a bridge to solar installers or insurance brokers.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (Ireland):
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page.
Last updated: May 2026