Video made of rental property showing everything I own!!

user1977

penners324 said:

user1977 said:

lookstraightahead said:

user1977 said:

pennyunwise said:

Can they take a video showing all my stuff without asking permission?

There's no fundamental reason why they can't.

Do you have a specific concern about it?

Is there not? The op didn't give permission for the recording. Would you be happy if someone who was, say, mending your fridge took a video of your house and put it on social media? 

It would be a bit odd for them to do so, but on what legal basis could I prevent them?

I presume the OP's question was about what rights they have rather than about etiquette.

Companies do have gdpr obligations 

They do, which I agree could potentially have been breached - but we don't know that from the little information provided.

MobileSaver

penners324 said:

user1977 said:

lookstraightahead said:

user1977 said:

pennyunwise said:

Can they take a video showing all my stuff without asking permission?

There's no fundamental reason why they can't.

Do you have a specific concern about it?

Is there not? The op didn't give permission for the recording. Would you be happy if someone who was, say, mending your fridge took a video of your house and put it on social media? 

It would be a bit odd for them to do so, but on what legal basis could I prevent them?

I presume the OP's question was about what rights they have rather than about etiquette.

I would say yes. Companies do have gdpr obligations 

Those obligations only apply if there is information within the video that would allow the OP to be identified...

Unless the video caught a certificate on a wall or some sensitive paperwork on a desk that showed the OP's name (and that was close enough and legible enough to read) then I can't see that being the case. Looking around my house now I can't think of anything that would identify me if someone did a walk-through with a camera.

CSI_Yorkshire

penners324 said:

user1977 said:

lookstraightahead said:

user1977 said:

pennyunwise said:

Can they take a video showing all my stuff without asking permission?

There's no fundamental reason why they can't.

Do you have a specific concern about it?

Is there not? The op didn't give permission for the recording. Would you be happy if someone who was, say, mending your fridge took a video of your house and put it on social media? 

It would be a bit odd for them to do so, but on what legal basis could I prevent them?

I presume the OP's question was about what rights they have rather than about etiquette.

I would say yes. Companies do have gdpr obligations 

GDPR doesn't confer the power that many people seem to think it does.

A point that many companies choose to ignore when using it to excuse poor behaviour. 

ThisIsWeird

BobT36 said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

We have a section in ours regarding access and photographs to market the property for rent or for sale in the last 2 months of the tenancy. 

Unenforceable if challenged, surely? Doesn't benefit the tenant (one-sided) and conflicts with the right to quiet enjoyment of the property. There's no difference to the last 2 weeks to any other time in the tenancy, such access PURELY for that is irrelevant to the tenant and THEIR tenancy.

The implication here would seem to be - there is little point in 'contracts', as it all comes just down to the current laws, and who will enforce them if required. It all comes down to what is, and is not, 'enforceable'. Don't bother signing any contracts - they are meaningless in themselves - don't even ask anyone to sign anything. Just wait until you suspect a breach, and then take action.

MeteredOut

Has the OP been back to explain their concern? Absent that, I think we should assume there's nothing in the video that has personally identified the tenant, and they just not happy with the LL/agent for some reason.

MobileSaver

ThisIsWeird said:

BobT36 said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

We have a section in ours regarding access and photographs to market the property for rent or for sale in the last 2 months of the tenancy. 

Unenforceable if challenged, surely? Doesn't benefit the tenant (one-sided) and conflicts with the right to quiet enjoyment of the property. There's no difference to the last 2 weeks to any other time in the tenancy, such access PURELY for that is irrelevant to the tenant and THEIR tenancy.

The implication here would seem to be - there is little point in 'contracts', .... Don't bother signing any contracts - they are meaningless in themselves

Not at all, contracts are the cornerstone of our society and should and mostly do make it clear to both parties what their rights, responsibilities and obligations are.

Fundamentally though contracts cannot override the law so where a contract tries to curtail your statutory rights then that part of the contract is unenforceable.

saajan_12

Some dodgy advice / legal claims here. 
1. GDPR and rights to privacy relate to personal info, which specifically means name, contact info, birthdates, ethnic info, personal photos etc, not what type of possessions you have. There is no inherent right to privacy of pictures of your home. 
2. Quiet enjoyment relate to disturbances to you living your life in the property, and so would impact when the LL/agents can access the property. That's come and gone, you allowed the access (whether you had to or not is a separate issue). What they do with the info / imagery they collected is now not relevant to QE. 

In answer to your question, there's no particular rights get the imagery taken down or get compensation. I'd ignore, no one cares about the colour of your couch. 

martindow

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Some people seem to prominently display their inflateable doll - photo 22 in this listing

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/137459309#/?channel=RES_BUY

(This is from Grizebeck's post on the Have a Look at This thread on this board)

Jonboy_1984

MobileSaver said:

Unless the video caught a certificate on a wall or some sensitive paperwork on a desk that showed the OP's name (and that was close enough and legible enough to read) then I can't see that being the case. Looking around my house now I can't think of anything that would identify me if someone did a walk-through with a camera.

I thought I had covered everything on our last property until the Wedding Sampler on the wall appeared prominently in some EA images due to the wide angle fisheye lens they used....

Rightmove at least will seemingly remove upon request:  https://faq.rightmove.co.uk/support/solutions/articles/7000048769-can-you-remove-my-property-from-the-sold-price-information-

lookstraightahead

This is a really interesting thread law-wise. I'm really not an expert but I'm shocked that it appears to be legal. Looking around my house, if someone came in and I wasn't expecting them to be videoing, i would have all sorts around that shoe it to be me / my family. From photos to letters to notes on the fridge to my monthly food budget on a blackboard in the kitchen.