Tenant Privacy and Data Protection for Property Managers: PIPEDA, Screening, Cameras, and the Files You Keep
Every rental file is a privacy file: applications, credit checks, IDs, camera footage, smart-entry logs. Under PIPEDA, landlords and property managers are data custodians with real obligations — consent, purpose limits, safeguards, 30-day access requests, and mandatory breach reporting with fines up to $100,000. Here's