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Breach of tenant's privacy

(If) I took a picture of my tenant's living room and posted it on a property website to rent the property, as we've agreed with the tenant that he vacates the property at the end of the year. Then he found out about the advertisement on the property website in the remaining 3 months before the end of the contract (we have posted the advertisement with the picture of the living room) and informed me to remove it from the website. I removed it immediately, but he has printed out the advertisement with his living room pictures.

Now he is saying that if I made any issues to him as a tenant or deny his demands or do not renew his contract or increase the rent he will file a case in the police for the privacy breach. Please note that this was not intentional and it was a mistake without knowing the laws about these things.

Q: How long does a person have the time to file for a privacy breach until it's considered invalid or it's long overdue or something similar? Kindly advice. Thank you.

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29 Dec 2016, 14:03

Do you have written communication indicating that your Tenant will vacate the premises at the end of the year or end of the Tenancy term as per the Ejari?

Moreover, how is he threatening you? Email or phone? Ideally, he can threaten you to not increase rent. What is the remaining before the Tenancy contract expires?

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