Payroll scraping for tenant screening

Updated: 2025.09.29 22D ago 1 sources
Landlords and their vendors are demanding renters’ work or payroll logins and then auto‑scraping paystubs and tax forms from systems like Workday. Screenshots show bulk downloads and hidden session control, potentially exceeding what’s needed for income verification and risking hacking‑law violations. — It spotlights a growing privatized verification regime that trades housing access for intrusive data surrender, pressing lawmakers to clarify legality and limit overcollection.

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Landlords Are Demanding Tenants' Workplace Login Details To Verify Their Income
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404 Media’s screenshots and renter testimony that Argyle 'hijacked' a live Workday session to download all paystubs and W‑4s back to 2024.
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