I liked browsing it from time to time to see what it looked like before we moved in.
EAs leave it up as marketing so it appears like they sell more properties than they do.If I ask for them to be removed (I don't like that anyone can see inside my new home) do they have any grounds to refuse my request?
I dont think its quite that simple.I’m not sure the pictures now become the personal data of the new owner. Surely they remain the property of the EA or whoever paid for them to be taken?
In any case they should take it down if you request them to do so
Yes. GDPR.I dont think its quite that simple.
EA may have paid for photos but if its photos of your home surely that is your own personal and very private data. And they should remove it very promtly.
Arent there laws supporting this?
How on earth could photos of the interior of your home identify you?GDPR protects personal data relating to an individual which could identify an individual. Photos of your family home would constitute such personal data.
Some adverts do show floor plans. But its a grey area if, as in many cases, its simply photographed with no personal belongings in it, as GDPR relates to personal information. A house isn't personal information unless there is something in the advert that identifies the resident.How on earth could photos of the interior of your home identify you?
This is a copyright issue, not a GDPR one.
How on earth could photos of the interior of your home identify you?
This is a copyright issue, not a GDPR one.
Yes but photos of the interior of your house are not "about" you unless you are pictured in them, which you are not.If the pics show the exterior and reference the address, then that is captured by the bullet point above.
Wrong, I’m afraid.Yes but photos of the interior of your house are not "about" you unless you are pictured in them, which you are not.
The address of the house you live in is not personal data unless it's linked to you which, again, in this case it's not.
Picture of the interior of your house do not allow anyone to identify anything about you. They are not your personal data.
For example architecture books are full of pictures of the insides of people's homes, in many cases identifiable homes if they are houses of architectural merit. If you buy a house which is featured in such a book can you instruct a library to take it off its shelves? Of course you can't.
This is not a GDPR issue whatsoever.
They were not your personal data when they were published.Wrong, I’m afraid.
Whilst the OP did mention the interior, I never mentioned anything about the “interior” of the property.
Go and have a look at the Data Protection Commission website which I’ve provided a link to.
If the address and pictures of a house I’ve purchased are online, they now constitute my personal data if they can lead to my identification. That gives me certain rights under GDPR. Including the right to request the data controller (the EA) to delete the pictures.
Correct. They weren’t. But they are now. And if they remain published post-sale, the new owner has a right to request their removal as the EA no longer has any valid reason to continue to publicise the data.They were not your personal data when they were published.
So you re saying that photos,published on the internet, of the outside of someones family home, with their address tagged to it - is not their personal data?Photos of a sitting room are not "personal data
and outside of your property
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