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Esther Linder

FOUND: Property data allowing distressed owners to be targeted - What They Never Told You

Personal details from property deals are allegedly being used to target vulnerable people and push them into selling their homes at below-market rates.

A state budget estimates hearing was this week told the data, from government agency Valuation NSW, was being matched against court lists after being sold to authorised data brokers.

Animal Justice Party MP Emma Hurst said information provided to her office suggested third parties were purchasing datasets and using them to target emotionally or financially distressed individuals.

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