Should the Residential Tenancies Act safeguard a tenant's privacy?

Possible options

• Educate landlords on best practice for information gathering and storage.
• Change the law to prevent landlords from asking applicants to provide certain information.
• Change the law to regulate how information received by a landlord is used, stored and disposed of.

Tell us what you think...

• Should there be restrictions on the type of information a landlord can require from an applicant tenant? Why or why not?
• What information should a landlord be prevented from asking of an applicant tenant?
• Is there a need to introduce laws to stop a landlord from giving information to a third party?
• Is there a need to introduce laws to require any information to be stored and disposed of in a safe manner?