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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I ask my lodger to pay more rent because she regularly has guests?
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I think I raised the issue of intrusive CCTV surveillance first.I don't think it is a clear breach. You've characterised the use of CCTV as "to check what your lodger/tenant is up to" and "snooping", but from what is said in the OP it isn't clear that is the case.For example, if the cameras send alerts - e.g. when someone is seen approaching the front door - and the OP found out about the lodger's visitors as a by-product of reviewing those alerts, then the nature of the OP's 'monitoring' looks rather different - I think it would be fairly straightforward to 'prove' that checking footage recorded at the time an alert was sent constituted 'security checking'.If you are correct about HRA 1998 then it seems it would effectively rule out the use of any doorbell camera device which has recording/alerting enabled if there is any person other than yourself living at the property. Which seems unlikely.What are the other "many privacy laws" which you think are being broken here?
I may have overread the use of "several" cameras in the OP to mean that at least some of these cameras are internal. If these cameras are all external to the property then there's obviously a lesser risk of intrusive (illegal?) surveillance.
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What a ridiculous question. If they were your guests would you expect to pay higher insurance?0
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Clearly we need more detailed information. Most importantly, where are the overnight guests sleeping and are they ever left alone in you house?: Do they use more things than she would? Do they go into areas that you consider private? Do you have a tenancy agreement and if so,what does it say?If it doesn't bother you, are you just looking for an excuse to charge her more rent?And if it bothers you, then more money isn't going to stop you being bothered!0
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What is in your "agreement" with her about this sort of thing?0
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The HRA does not apply in this situation, as the OP is not part of the state. ICO regulations may be relevant though.0
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