If you are a tenant in a “smart” building – one that has an access system that uses digital technology, like an RFID card, a mobile phone application, biometric identifier, or key fob to grant entry – your landlord has the ability to collect personal data about you, like your comings and goings, socializing and frequency of guests, and patterns of work. Until recently, your landlord could do whatever they wanted with this data.
State and federal laws provide tenants with various protections, including anti-discrimination rights, credit check protections, procedures governing the eviction process, and the right to “quiet enjoyment” of their unit. Now a NYC law passed last year, which will be enforced beginning in January 2023, gives