UK GDPR & Data Protection Rights

Under Article 6 of the UK GDPR, Stanford Estate Agents Limited processes personal data under the following lawful bases:

1. Contractual Necessity: To market your property, progress a sale or purchase, reference a tenancy, manage a rental property, or arrange a mortgage.
2. Legal Obligation: To comply with UK Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, Right-to-Rent checks (Immigration Act), tax legislation, and The Property Ombudsman codes of practice.
3. Legitimate Interests: To respond to property enquiries, conduct property valuations, and keep registered buyers/tenants informed of matching Hampshire properties.
4. Consent: Where you opt in to marketing communications or non-essential analytics cookies.

Subject to statutory regulatory retention requirements (such as HMRC and Anti-Money Laundering laws), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• 1. The Right to be Informed: Clear transparency on how we collect and use your data (detailed in our Privacy Policy).
• 2. The Right of Access (SAR): Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, provided free of charge within one calendar month.
• 3. The Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• 4. The Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data where there is no overriding legal or regulatory obligation for us to retain it.
• 5. The Right to Restrict Processing: Request that we suspend processing of your personal data in specific circumstances.
• 6. The Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data in a structured, commonly used format.
• 7. The Right to Object: Object at any time to processing for direct marketing purposes.
• 8. Rights in Relation to Automated Decision Making: We do not carry out solely automated legal decision-making without human review.

As an Estate & Letting Agency regulated under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations, we are legally required to verify the identity, address, and source of funds of all vendors, purchasers, and landlords prior to marketing a property or issuing a Memorandum of Sale.

To exercise any of your UK GDPR rights, please contact our Data Controller:

Nicholas J Stanford (Data Controller)
Stanford Estate Agents Limited, 23 High Street, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 5LF
Tel: 02380 647272 | Email: nick@stanfordestateagents.co.uk
ICO Registration Number: Z3657759

You also have the right to lodge a concern with the UK supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), at www.ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.