Sydney real estate agency posts personal information of online reviewers and reports them to police — in response to Reddit backlash over ‘red flag’ rental listing

Excerpts from [ABC News, Sep 22](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-22/sydney-real-estate-agency-personal-information-critics/104373684):

*Wills Property found personal information elsewhere online of those who posted about its listing, including replying to a second negative review — which is also now removed — noting their town of residence and ABN number.*

*The agency also contacted the user behind a thread on Reddit about the listing,** *emailing them via their personal and work addresses while also messaging their partner on LinkedIn and Instagram.*

*”They reached out to my partner, which I just thought was just going too far, and it just felt very, very violating,” said Reddit user Cords9836, a 25-year-old from Sydney’s inner west.*

*In a statement to the ABC, Wills Property director John Wills said individuals in the business had received “personal threats” since the listing was posted on social media, and that they only posted “publicly available information”.*

*”We were advised by the police to reach out to the makers of the original posts and ask them to take the posts down.”*

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*Excerpts from [ABC News, Sep 19](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-19/sydney-rental-rules-tenant-has-no-access-during-day/104364382):

*[Tenancy] rules for the three-bedroom in Queens Park property include a ban on pets, smoking and tenants having guests during the kindergarten’s operating hours, which appear on their website as between 7:45am and 5:45pm.*

*There are also requirements to maintain the kindergarten, including to “remove leaves, sticks and gum nuts from playground in children’s area before 8:30am on each Monday and Thursday”.*

*”The red flags are flying high,” [Tenants’ Union rep] said.*

h/t u/Cords9836