post purchase - photos online

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.
That isn't true, the images are not protected PII. They are not the property of the OP and the property owner is free to use them as they see fit.
 
Some adverts do show floor plans.
Yeah, but plans are public information. Anything modern is searchable online, the older stuff is still available to anyone who wants it enough to call to the local planning office and ask.
 
Wait 'til you hear about www.eircode.ie and Google maps.
 
That isn't true, the images are not protected PII. They are not the property of the OP and the property owner is free to use them as they see fit.
  • Personal data can be information where the data subject is identified – “John’s favourite colour is blue” – or where they are ‘identifiable’ – “John’s sister’s favourite colour is blue” (where you don’t know his sister’s identity, but could find out using context and/or additional information).
 
Fair point re google maps.

Still doesnt seem right though that photos and videos of someones house, both inside and out, should be on the internet, if they dont want it to be. Maybe the law needs updating to cover this if it doesnt already?

Presumably though, one can object and ask for it to be removed? Isnt that what the OP is asking?
 
So how do pictures of a house taken before the current owner took possession allow for the identification of the current owner?

It's similar to your colour example, just because John's favourite colour is blue, doesn't mean that a data controller with that information can never use the word blue anywhere.
 
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Simple. Personal example. I purchased a distinctive house outside a town a few years ago. Detached, on its own site. The EA didn’t remove pics nor did he remove the address immediately after the sale.

Several local colleagues and friends of mine contacted me after the sale closed to congratulate me on the acquisition and to say that my new house looked lovely on Daft.ie.

If you’re more nifty and curious, you can do a Property Registration search against the address to establish the owner.

Whilst I had no problem with friends and colleagues admiring the house, I wasn’t comfortable with others who might be curious for different reasons.
 
Are you saying that those individuals used no information other than pictures of a house on daft to establish your identity as the new purchaser?

If so how, if not, I suggest you have a read of the Data Protection Acts.

If you’re more nifty and curious, you can do a Property Registration search against the address to establish the owner.
What's that got to do with photos of a house from a time before you owned it somehow revealing your identity?

Property registration is a matter of public record, so you don't need to be all that nifty. I'm sure you understand GDPR doesn't apply to matters of public record?
 
Yes. People talk.

Leo. You seem to know your stuff. I do too and am well familiar with the law.

I haven’t the energy to engage back and forth on this. Photos of a house I bought were linked to me. Therefore they’re within the definition of personal data.

That doesn’t change the intellectual property rights of the EA but GDPR and IP law are distinct areas.

I’ve no problem with people doing a search to find out whether I own a house. I don’t like people being able to snoop online and look inside. I believe the law is designed to protect me in such instances.

All the best.
 
Leo. You seem to know your stuff. I do too and am well familiar with the law.

I haven’t the energy to engage back and forth on this. Photos of a house I bought were linked to me. Therefore they’re within the definition of personal data.

You're obviously not that familiar with data protection because you're totally wrong.
 
Hang on...the pictures of the house may have been taken before you owned the house but now that you own it of course it could be linked back to you. It is personal data under the data commissioners own definition.

In addition, the address is tagged to the pictures and videos. That address is your personal home address. The pictures and videos are of your home. That is your personal data and its an invasion of privacy.
 
So when someone sells a house they should be handing over all their personal photos from inside the house as well? How about newspapers with pictures of people doing interviews in peoples homes, should they go too after a sale?