Data Protection Documents for Residential Landlords
The UK's data protection legislation (consisting primarily of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018), gives tenants significant control over how their personal data is used.
Landlords are “data controllers” under data protection law and tenants are “data subjects”. Landlords are therefore subject to certain obligations and tenants can exercise certain rights. Tenants and guarantors must be provided with details of what data will be held and how that data will be used by a residential landlord.
The Data Protection Guidance Notes for Landlords explain the workings of the data protection legislation in more detail. The Data Audit template can be used to assess how data is collected and used. The outcome of the Data Audit will help landlords to prepare a Privacy Notice using our template. This needs to be given to all new and existing tenants, residents and guarantors whose data the landlord holds.
Further data protection documents are available for commercial landlords in Data Protection Compliance for Commercial Landlords and for residential lettings agencies in Data Protection Documents for Residential Lettings Agents .
- Data Protection Guidance Notes for Landlords
- Data Audit for Residential Landlord
- Landlord's Privacy Notice To Tenants & Guarantors
- Letter to Tenant or Guarantor enclosing Privacy Notice
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