Future Renting North: Your GDPR questions answered
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the phrase on every landlord’s lips at the moment. This major change to data protection legislation will take effect on 25th May and will affect ALL landlords. The RLA’s Future Renting North conference will see RLA policy director David Smith and a panel of experts including market analyst Kate […]
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Staff at the RLA have been putting their best feet forward, to raise money for Cancer Research. So far, more than £300 has been raised through staff being sponsored and a raffle which was held last week, with donations continuing to come in. It is in keeping with the new RLA value, of ‘going the […]
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BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin has been confirmed as the host of the RLA’s Future Renting North conference in two weeks time. Louise, who has also been a main anchor of the BBC News Channel for last fifteen years, has covered the main news stories of the last decade, including the 7/7 London bombings, the […]
As the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes closer, the LAT is fielding more and more questions regarding preparing for this. Members are rightly concerned that they are not prepared for the new changes and won’t be able to get ready in time for the May 25th deadline. GDPR will be on the agenda at […]
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