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Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...

Inventory clerks and letting agency staff have been warned to put safety first when lone working or entering tenants’ properties for...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

LonRes has teamed up with compliance consultancy iCompli to launch a  range of services which they say will keep estate agents...

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

Estate agents and small businesses are being warned to take greater care over passwords to stop hackers breaking into their systems. David...

Zoopla has repelled a cyber attack on its Alto property software - with no breach of customer agents’ personal data. It has...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

There’s been a new warning to estate agents to check they are fully compliant with GDPR regulations following a European case...

The National Association of Estate Agents is warning UK agents to take stock of their data collection and retention procedures following...

You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. The security...

An IT firm says small and medium-sized estate agencies without the infrastructure of large corporates are putting themselves and their customers...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

The General Data Protection Regulation legislation coming into effect in the UK on May 25 has undergone some subtle changes which...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

The UK estate agency and construction industries are not ready for the huge workload and responsibilities involved in the General Data...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

An insurance provider says small estate agencies are peculiarly vulnerable to cyber attack yet are amongst the least prepared amongst their...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to prepare for new data protection legislation coming into effect next year - but...

An audit and tax consultancy is urging estate agencies across the UK to prepare for new EU General Data Protection Regulation...

For my latest Property Natter I have sought the opinions of two well-known property consultants - Michael Day, managing director of...

There is a substantial amount of misunderstanding over this question, which needs clarifying.   In general terms, the Money Laundering Regulations require...

There is widespread misunderstanding within agency concerning money laundering obligations.  The first thing to note is that contrary to popular belief the...

The estate agency industry has been ticked off by an official watchdog for the way many of its businesses handle clients'...