John Shaw Auctioneers and Data Protection

How do we use your personal data?

Your personal data may be used by us or by third party service providers acting on our behalf for the purposes of:

a)    liaising with you prior to your decision to engage us to provide property services to you or on your behalf;

b)   carrying out estate agency activities on your behalf or in connection with a property which you own or are interested in acquiring, letting or bidding for;

c)    to respond to any questions or queries that you send to us;

d)   carrying out research using aggregated and anonymised data which may be required to analyse trends in the property market in Ireland;

e)   complying with legal obligations imposed on us;

f)     to help prevent and detect fraud or loss;

h)   sending you property industry related newsletters and information; and

i)     carrying out customer satisfaction surveys and sending you promotional materials, subject to any preference that you express. You can opt out of receiving promotional materials from us at any time by emailing info@johnshawauctioneers.com, calling 061311133 or updating your preferences/unsubscribe on the communication received.

The legal bases on which we collect, process and transfer your information in the manner described above are:

the performance of our contract with you;
to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you;
our legitimate interests in conducting our residential property business in a responsible and commercially prudent manner and in carrying our meaningful research in relation to the status of the property market in Ireland. We will not process your personal data for these purposes if to do so would constitute an unwarranted interference with your own interests, rights and freedoms;
to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations (e.g. to undertake Anti Money Laundering checks and our obligation to keep records of bids and bidders on property transactions as required by the Property Services (Regulation) Act, 2011); and
in limited circumstances, where you have given your consent to such processing.