Landlords' 'blacklist' of tenant's criminal convictions hacked and leaked online

guest · Feb 10, 2019

Landlords' 'blacklist' of tenant's criminal convictions hacked and leaked online
February 10, 2019
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/pr...criminal-convictions-hacked-and-leaked-online

A woman was shocked to discover her decades-old criminal record had been published online, part of a blacklist of compromising information compiled by a property investor group and sold to landlords about prospective tenants.

The South Canterbury Property Investors' Association (SCPIA) president Kerry Beveridge said their database had been hacked and the list posted online and the list should only have been made available to members.
New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties (NZCCL) spokesman Thomas Beagle said it was their responsibility to keep the information private.

Civil liberties advocate Beagle said appeared the association had appeared to have breached the Privacy Act and encouraged anyone affected by the breach to lay a complaint.
"The whole point of landlords collecting information is for the purposes of renting a property out to someone. It's not information to collect and then go on and give to someone else."
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