The point is that the law says owners who have email addresses should supply them to the strata roll
And also
“The owners corporation must maintain a strata roll (Section 178) and it must have the email addresses of owners in it.”
I feel the average Joe comes away from that thinking i need to give them my email address if i have one.
It is just not true that anyone “should” and “must”.
What type of must is that must?
Giving ones email is an option in certain circumstances.
Sure it makes things easier for the management to be digital but let’s not just give the vibe that if you have an email then you need to hand it over.
This (CTTT below) is why some people prefer to give a physical address and get hard copies from their OC.
My latest copy of my OC’s register of names and addresses has lots of emails and it now includes phone numbers as well, including my own which i do not remember giving as information to be put on the strata roll.
“Secondly, even if an address for service of notice is “information … about an individual”, part of the primary purpose of the collection of lot owners’ addresses and their inclusion on the strata roll is so they can be contacted by other lot owners and the Executive Committee of the Owners Corporation. ”
Legge v Network Strata Services Pty Ltd (Strata and Community Schemes) [2013] NSWCTTT 45 (8 January 2013)