Video made of rental property showing everything I own!!

lookstraightahead

I seriously don't think this is debatable. I would be furious. I've not asked or given permission for my personal items to be viewed by everyone 

CSI_Yorkshire

lookstraightahead said:

I've not asked or given permission for my personal items to be viewed by everyone 

You don't need to.  That's the thing.

Expectation of privacy?  No, you were happy for anyone viewing to see those items.
GDPR?  Not unless there was something in the specific category of information covered by that legislation.
Security?  Nope, have moved out, new tenants in, no issue unless there was something visible showing new address/location.

"I don't like it" or "it's bad form" might get you furious, but then so can a lot of other legal and common things.

Mstty

lookstraightahead said:

I seriously don't think this is debatable. I would be furious. I've not asked or given permission for my personal items to be viewed by everyone 

This just goes to highlight the relationship between LL and Tenant is purely business. You don't have a relationship at all especially when it comes to end of tenancy it's all about the LL fulfilling their business goals and getting the property let asap.

You may not like it but it's a business.

MeteredOut

lookstraightahead said:

I seriously don't think this is debatable. I would be furious. I've not asked or given permission for my personal items to be viewed by everyone 

No-one can deny you your feelings, but the length of this thread shows that it is eminently debatable, and consensus seems to be nothing wrong been done (legally).

lookstraightahead

Mstty said:

lookstraightahead said:

I seriously don't think this is debatable. I would be furious. I've not asked or given permission for my personal items to be viewed by everyone 

This just goes to highlight the relationship between LL and Tenant is purely business. You don't have a relationship at all especially when it comes to end of tenancy it's all about the LL fulfilling their business goals and getting the property let asap.

You may not like it but it's a business.

I know it's business, I just don't / can't believe it can be done. 

lookstraightahead

MeteredOut said:

lookstraightahead said:

I seriously don't think this is debatable. I would be furious. I've not asked or given permission for my personal items to be viewed by everyone 

No-one can deny you your feelings, but the length of this thread shows that it is eminently debatable, and consensus seems to be nothing wrong been done (legally).

I agree this thread shows that no one so far actually has the answer, and I cannot fathom how it could be legal. I'm not saying it isn't, it would just really surprise me if it is. 

user1977

lookstraightahead said:

MeteredOut said:

lookstraightahead said:

I seriously don't think this is debatable. I would be furious. I've not asked or given permission for my personal items to be viewed by everyone 

No-one can deny you your feelings, but the length of this thread shows that it is eminently debatable, and consensus seems to be nothing wrong been done (legally).

I agree this thread shows that no one so far actually has the answer, and I cannot fathom how it could be legal. I'm not saying it isn't, it would just really surprise me if it is. 

Things are lawful unless something makes them unlawful. The fact that nobody (and the contributors here include those who are legally qualified...) has come up with any legal argument which makes it (generally) unlawful for an agent to take photos inside your residence says it all.

Skiddaw1

Seems to me it goes beyond what's lawful and what isn't. IMO it would have been common curtesy to at least run it by the tenant first before making the video. I'm sure some people wouldn't have a problem with it at all and others would be fine with it if given the opportunity to move anything they didn't want filmed but it wouldn't have hurt to ask surely?

pennyunwise

Skiddaw1 said:

Seems to me it goes beyond what's lawful and what isn't. IMO it would have been common curtesy to at least run it by the tenant first before making the video. I'm sure some people wouldn't have a problem with it at all and others would be fine with it if given the opportunity to move anything they didn't want filmed but it wouldn't have hurt to ask surely?

The fact is the agent didn’t need a video. They had photos and the opportunity to do do viewings. The agent said the property would let within a day of being advertised - which it did. 

However the agent did not post the video online until 2 weeks after the property was relet and now won’t remove it. What is the purpose of it staying online for all to see, and anyone enquiring is simply told the property has been let and is no longer available.

Surely the agent has an obligation to the tenant to remove the video, after all they have removed all the advertising photos etc from Rightmove etc but not the video which remains on YouTube.

CSI_Yorkshire

pennyunwise said:

Surely the agent has an obligation to the tenant to remove the video, after all they have removed all the advertising photos etc from Rightmove etc but not the video which remains on YouTube.

There is almost no right to have something removed from the internet unless it is copyright (this isn't your copyright, it's the agent's) or GDPR (which you've not demonstrated this is in scope of).

The agent has no obligation to an ex-tenant beyond those required by law, and barely any obligations to a present tenant.

Again, this entire argument is "I don't like it so surely it can't happen".  Whilst many of us agree that it's 'bad form' and might not like it, that isn't sufficient for you do anything about it (which was your question at the start of the thread).