A number of real estate agencies in the Beecroft/Cheltenham area are contacting landlords of managed rental properties, trying to poach their business. In the property rental area, this is not actually illegal, although the real estate industry considers it to be very unethical.
But the privacy issues are more significant. Unauthorised use of personal information is nowadays illegal.
Having the largest local rent roll, Ray White Beecroft is the obvious target for this activity. Lydia Merrill, proprietor of RWB, never gives out personal details of her clients, so if another agency has such personal information then they must have obtained it by deception or theft. If they use that information then to contact her clients they are breaking the law. Lydia would like any of her clients who are contacted by other agencies in this way to contact her.
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