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the law regarding surveillance and possible other legal issues?

  • 16-03-2012 4:04pm
    #1
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey I am working with a university and my work now requires me changing to a temporary lab work the otherside of the country. Accomadation is provided for us as the university have some sort of deal with some landlord there.

    When I saw the house I made the choice to find another one. The reasons being the landlord and his attitude to privacy. A number of undergraduates are also staying at the house (from my university) aswell and have expressed serious concern.

    First of all there are cameras all over the house barring the tenants rooms (I hope). The next point is the universities understanding is that the house is not owner occupied which it is to the point that the landlord is there all the time even sleeping in a spare room.

    The other issue is the landlord walks into peoples rooms under the guise of cleaning even though the students clean themselves.

    The final issue is a big one for me. Some one complained about the cameras ect and privacy and he was given two weeks to pack his bags and go. Now hes moving in with someone else but the landlord wont give him his depsosit back and the landlord threathened to get a friend of his who is a gaurd involved to prevent the student causing trouble.

    Am I wrong in thinking any of this is unacceptable?


Comments

  • #2
    MagicSean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    Tell him to call the Garda if he wants. It'd be a fool of a Garda who'd involve himself in this situation. Nothing to do with the gardai.


  • #3
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    MagicSean wrote: »
    Tell him to call the Garda if he wants. It'd be a fool of a Garda who'd involve himself in this situation. Nothing to do with the gardai.

    Thanks for the reply hes pushing the issue that hes friends with a gaurd but then again hes pushing the idea that hes friends with a gangster too! So a lot of it sounds like bluff but even apart from that the cameras all over the house has a very creepy feel!


  • #4
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    Have you raised this with the university? I doubt if they would find it acceptable that this kind of set up would be allowed in accomodation that they are paying for.

    Give him a printout of this article.


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