Yardi Systems Accused of Unauthorized Use of Homeowners’ Info

Property management software company Yardi Systems Inc. unlawfully used the names and identities of Illinois and Ohio residents without their consent to market its paid membership for full access to its property database, a proposed class action alleges.

Yardi “never obtained written consent” from the proposed class members to “use their names and other identifying information for nay reason, let alone commercial purposes” for Yardi’s Property Shark website, named plaintiffs Bianca Joseph and Justin Rogalsky said in a complaint filed Oct. 25 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Joseph and Rogalsky are seeking to represent ...