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The Wwft and proof of identity
15 juni 2020
Not every organisation is allowed to make a copy of your ID just like that. It is therefore important that you are careful with this. What about at estate agents? When vb&t Verhuurmakelaars receives your application for a rental property, we ask for a copy of your identity document. We do this because this is our legal obligation. How that works exactly we explain in this article.
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Estate agents must comply with the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act. This states that the broker is obliged to investigate the identity of the party to whom he/she will be providing a service. No services may be provided to anonymous parties to prevent money laundering or terrorist financing through estate agents, lawyers, notaries and accountants.The estate agent is obliged to collect the following data:- Sex name
- First name
- Address
- Place of residence
- Date of birth
- Type, number, date and place of issue of the document
What does this mean for you?
At vb&t Verhuurmakelaars, we are also obliged to research our prospective tenants. By making a copy of your proof of identity, we comply with our legal obligation. The data that we collect with this must be kept for as long as you are a tenant and then for another 5 years afterwards. It is up to you to decide which form of identification you will provide us with a copy of: a valid passport or identity card. We do ask that you cross out your BSN number. In our "My Dossier" we have a handy tool for this, the button "Document Anonymisation".Op de hoogte blijven van ons woningaanbod?
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