Source: Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has today launched a new compliance monitoring programme to ensure that property managers and agencies are acting in accordance with the Privacy Act. Through the compliance monitoring programme, OPC will carry out regular checks of rental sector agencies, as well as an annual survey to audit application forms, contract forms, and privacy policies of letting agencies, property managers, and third-party service providers. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says tenants and prospective tenants need to have confidence in the way their personal information has been collected, used, stored, and disclosed by their landlord or property manager. For this reason, OPC has also established an anonymous tipline to enable tenants or prospective tenants to report concerns about the handling of their personal information. As we move into this compliance phase, rental sector agencies must be aware of their obligations and responsibilities.
