Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland

Date published 21 Sep, 2021

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Housing

Period 1 May, 2021 to 31 Aug, 2021

Specific Details GDPR legislation and recent guidance published by the DPC regarding PSP's and Viewings of Property by consumers

Intended results Clarity regarding interpretations of GDPR legislation and to provide assistance to PSP's to increase compliance among professionals

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Shirley Coulter

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Virtual Meeting (1)

An email to the DPC Helen Dixon, seeking meeting and virtual meeting with Deputy Commissioners x 2. The meeting was to discuss recent DPC issuance of guidance for PSP’s arranging viewings of properties. The intention of the meeting was to discuss GDPR compliance measures in the context of property viewings and bidding activity.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Helen Dixon Data Protection Commissioner (The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner)