RentTech companies asking tenants for personal details ‘completely outside’ new Victorian laws

RentTech platforms potentially put people’s privacy at risk and continue to use tools such as screening tests and ‘rewards’ schemes, a report says. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

So-called “RentTech” companies may be circumventing new Victorian laws designed to protect tenants’ personal data by asking for information outside the rental application process, a review as found.

The Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC) identified rental platforms that encouraged hopeful tenants to share an “excessive” amount of personal information, or asked them questions that were “completely outside” the new rules.