{"id":1616,"slug":"opc-2005-303-other-agents-mls-records-top-5-sellers","title":"OPC PIPEDA Case #2005-303 (and BCREA #409) — using OTHER agents' MLS sales records in a \"top 5 sellers\" ad without consent breached Principle 4.3","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["privacy-pipeda","real-estate-mls"],"reference_body":"**Claim.** OPC PIPEDA Case #2005-303 (and BCREA #409): using other agents' MLS sales records in a \"top 5 sellers\" comparison ad without consent breached Principle 4.3. \"Merely by using the MLS®, the other licensees didn't consent.\"\n\n**Quote.**\n> \"Merely by using the MLS®, the other licensees didn't consent.\"\n\n**Source.** OPC PIPEDA #2005-303; BCREA #409, accessed 2026-06-21.\n\n**Confidence.** Verified.\n\n**Caveats.** This is about *agent* personal information — other agents' sales records used in a competitive ad. The principle (consent for using MLS-discoverable personal info commercially) generalises.\n\n**Implication / use.** Important guard for any product that benchmarks or ranks agents using MLS-discoverable data. Consent doesn't come implicitly from MLS access.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"pipeda-ontario-no-substantially-similar-law-applies-in-full","title":"Ontario has no substantially-similar private-sector privacy law → PIPEDA applies in full to MLS personal info (only BC, AB, QC have substantially-similar laws)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.837Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.837Z"}