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Surprised this isn't a breach of GDPR

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WhereILiveIsWhereIStay · 03/07/2020 13:09

My landlord is selling the flat where I live and it's on the market via an estate agent. It hasn't sold to date.

I received a letter today to my address and to 'the person moving' from a removals company including their brochure.

This is upsetting as I don't even know that I am moving yet! But also the address has obviously been passed on by the estate agent or something. Or it's a very weird coinicidence.

I've emailed the company to ask where they got the address and did a 'live chat' with the IOC who said this is unlikely to be a breach of GDPR as it was not addressed to my name and the address alone is not personal data that identifies a living person.

I queried that as i've lived here for ages and i'm linked to this address in a hundred ways and they said it's not a breach as my name hasn't been passed on?

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2bazookas · 03/07/2020 14:06

Common practice. Your LL has put the property on the property market where anybody can access the details.

Removal companies collect "for sale" property addresses from estate agent websites and the many websites EA s link to .

As soon as the address is flagged up "under offer " or "sold", insurers and power suppliers will start mailing "occupier" adverts for their services.

WhereILiveIsWhereIStay · 03/07/2020 14:07

Yep, thanks. Got it.

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