The Data Protection Commission has issued guidance on data protection considerations relating to receiverships.

As the receiver, on appointment, will have the name of the relevant borrower as well as the address of the property in receivership, both of which constitute personal data, he or she will have a wide range of data protection obligations. The guidance notes that the receiver is a data controller, in that he or she exercises control over the processing of the personal data, by determining why and how it is processed.