MLS data is personal information in the agent's hands; the Authorized User Agreement is a confidentiality agreement (PropTx Rules definitions)

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Created 2026-06-21

Summary

Claim. MLS data in the agent's hands is personal information (PIPEDA-governed). The Authorized User Agreement (AUA) is a confidentiality agreement, not just a terms-of-use.

Source. PropTx Rules definitions (primary), accessed 2026-06-21.

Confidence. Verified.

Caveats. The AUA-as-confidentiality framing has practical consequences for derivative use (PropTx AUA s.7(c) — express prohibition: no decompile / reverse-engineer / disable / modify / analyze / create derivative works of software, MLS Database, BRS Database; s.4 ties to REBBA/TRESA) and for what the agent can lawfully redistribute.

Implication / use. Sets up the (i) See circle as a contractual+statutory zone, not just a login. Pairs with PIPEDA grounding (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)).

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research-notes 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)

reference PropTx MLS Rules — operative version effective Dec 2 2024 (primary PDF)

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research-notes 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) · relates-to