{"id":687,"date":"2020-05-08T02:35:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T02:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/respacio.com\/real-estate-software\/gdpr-for-estate-agents-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T07:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T07:26:06","slug":"gdpr-for-estate-agents-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/respacio.com\/real-estate-software\/contact-management\/gdpr-for-estate-agents-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"GDPR for Estate Agents in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new European General Data Protection Regulation<\/a> (GDPR) has serious implications for estate agents operating in Spain and all of Europe. The law will affect your websites and any other systems you use to hold user data, including your CRM as well as the way in which you should work. The coming GDPR for estate agents in Spain is something that needs to be prepared for if you haven’t already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estate agency collects data about its clients, and under the new law the agent is defined as a Data Controller. As a data controller, you are responsible for ensuring that the systems that you use comply with the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most estate agents are small or medium sized companies, and some have not even heard of the regulations, yet ignorance is no excuse.  The fines for non-compliance are astronomical, and will put you out of business, so you need to make sure that you are covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GDPR for Estate Agent Websites<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Types of Cookies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When your website loads for a new user, only the cookies necessary for the site\u2019s functionality should be loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The user must be made aware that some cookies will be loaded to their browser in order for the site to function correctly. This would should be in the form of a cookie notice banner, which must be displayed prominently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Functional cookies will allow the site to remember what properties they have searched for in order to present the right list to them, or remember their cookie preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second type of cookies are those that collect statistical data on users, such as some of the Google analytics cookies. Although these cookies do not collect data that can identify a user, the user must still be able to opt out of their use. This option should be available on the cookie banner, normally in the form of a tick box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third type of cookie does identify the user individually. These cookies include Google analytics cookies that record the device and location of the user, as well as cookies set by advertising networks such as Google or Facebook. These marketing cookies require the user to opt in to their use, again by a tick box. This tick box must be unticked by default so a user actually needs to opt in to their usage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n