LightPoint Property Limited trading as LightPoint Property Consultants and South County Properties .

Privacy Policy 

1. Introduction 

The statement contained below relates to our privacy practices in relation to www.southcounty.ie (LightPoint Property Limited CRO 613735). 

It sets out the privacy entitlements of Data Subjects, as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), of living persons. Privacy can only apply to information that is not already in the public domain and GDPR only applies to such personal data. 

GDPR is a European Union Regulation that sets out the data entitlements of data subjects and the obligations of those who process the personal data of data subjects. GDPR seeks to protect and enhance the rights of data subjects. These rights cover the safeguarding of personal data, protection against the unlawful processing of personal data and the unrestricted movement of personal data within the EU. 

This policy informs you how we collect, use and store the personal information we collect and summarises your rights. 

We are committed to protecting your privacy. Please read this information carefully before using or accessing the service. 

2. Method of collection 

During the course of business our business collects information relevant to the services being sought across the range of services it offers from; 

- Yourself 

- Our website 

- Trusted property portals 

- Consent to third parties disclosing information about you to us that they collected 

3. How we collect information 

We are licensed by the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA). Our licence number is 003998. We seek to provide property advice. Any personal data that you provide to us may be used for the following purposes; 

- To contact you in relation to, and to provide you with, all property services including sales, lettings, property management & consultantancy 

- To respond to queries that you have submitted to us to seek your views on our site and services 

- To send you information about your accounts 

In the course of our business with you some of this information may be handed over to third parties that you have consented to in advance, such as your Accountant or Solicitor. 

Any of these third parties will use this information for the purpose in delivering the service in question unless you have agreed otherwise. 

All this information is stored on a secure server and we will take all reasonable steps to ensure the protection of your personal data. 

From time to time we will ask our client and potential new clients for personal information. This information can be your name, address, phone number or email address to name a few. The 

information is only collected for us to fulfil our role as service provider. 

4. Information Collected 

We can receive your information from one of your friends/colleagues as they recommend you to us from networking events or various social network websites. Information collected may assist us in carryout screening checks including reference checks, Directorship, identity for example. Without your personal data we may not be able to progress considering you for positions or properties. 

5. Anti-Money Laundering 

We are obliged under certain regulations such as ‘Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017. This information is for our use only in order to comply with regulations. 

We require two sets of separate identification documents one primary (such as valid EU/EEA/Switzerland photo driving licence or national identity card) and one secondary document (such as utility bill dated within the last 6 months) even if it appears on both lists. 

6. Cookies – what are cookies?

Our company uses cookies. Cookies are small files that are stored on a user’s computer to improve user experience. Cookies are common practice within most professional websites. It is statistical data about our user’s browsing patterns and does not identify any individual. We use cookies to look at overall website visitor numbers. Cookies do not harm your system. 

7. How we use cookies 

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. We use such data to add, remove or change technical aspects based on popularity. Typically, we review visitor numbers, I.P address of the visitor’s web server, domain used, date of when pages visited and how long users stay on a particular website page. 

8. Disabling cookies 

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. Please refer to your browser’s Help for how to perform this function. Disabling cookies will normally result in also disabling certain functionality and features of our website. 

9. More about cookies 

If you wish to learn more about cookies and how to control and delete them, we recommend that you refer to the following website: www.allaboutcookies.org 

10. The cookies we set 

When you submit data through to a form such as found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence. In order to provide you with a good experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences. 

11. How long we store the information for 

We will hold the data for as long as it is accurate and relevant to the service we are offering and no longer than necessary. 

12. Why we process the information 

We use legitimate interest as a lawful basis for processing your data as it is impossible to conduct our business otherwise. By keeping in touch and building up our database we aim to grow 

our business and revenue. By using legitimate interest, we commit to protecting your interest, being transparent, fair and ensuring your data is protected and the processing of data will not cause you harm in any way. In some circumstances we rely on consent of processing your data. These include representing you in front of a client or contacting you for marketing purposes. Consent can be given via phone, face to face or in writing. 

13. You are in control 

If you are not happy with our policy or believe that your data is processed for reasons outside of this policy please contact us using the contact details below and we will deal with your request without undue delay, within a maximum of 30 days. 

Filing a Complaint: If you feel your data is processed in an unlawful way and your interests have been harmed you can file a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. You may contact them in the following ways: 

Phone: (00353) 57 8684800 or (00353) 0 761 104 80 or 1890 252 231 (local) 

Email: info@dataprotection.ie 

Guidelines on raising a complaint: Please refer to www.dataprotection.ie 

Post: Dublin Office, 21 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland. Or Portalington Office, Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, R32 AP23, County Laois, Ireland 

14. Contacting Us 

You can get in touch with us via the following channels; 

Address: Cranford Business Centre, Montrose, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4 

Phone: 00353 1 525 2535, Email: info@southcounty.ie 

Further information on the rights of individuals under the general data protection regulation 2018 can be found here. 

http://gdprandyou.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rights-of-Individuals-under-the-General-Data-Protection-Regulation.pdf 

Please note that we have the right to and we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.