Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds

The Australian privacy commissioner found that rental platform 2Apply (operated by InspectRealEstate) collected excessive personal information from applicants — including gender, dependents, bankruptcy and citizenship details — and used language that could pressure renters into providing more data. The ruling requires the platform to stop collecting unnecessary fields, highlights the broader privacy and security risks of RentTech over-collection, and encourages other providers to adapt practices; no data breach or cyber exploitation is reported.