Can I trust a landlord to protect my financial information?

The New York Times features the expertise of Kevin Cleary in an article about the risks of sharing financial information with landlords. Cleary noted that there is no blanket law to protect sensitive information from landlords who fail to redact client data. “Even if we had a single comprehensive law, who’s to say the landlord will follow it?” he questioned. It’s better not to share everything in order to limit your risk as much as possible. “Redact it anyway and see what they say,” Cleary said.