I feel somewhat left out. During my time in having full access to a complete
customer database of some 15,000,000 people, not once did it occur to me to
access it to investigate people I knew (or otherwise).
Don’t know if I am overtly honest or just slow on the uptake!
Simon Howarth.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jo Archer
Sent: 12 July 2004 10:23
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Fingers caught in the till.....
We'll have to see if the victims themselves decide to prosecute.
Jo
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From: Laurence Bebbington <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Fingers caught in the till.....
Not "punitive enough!"
While not wishing to extrapolate too much from merely a newspaper report
there is no suggestion that any real or actual damage was done to the
individuals because "there was no suggestion she passed on the information
to anyone."
Had she further diclosed the data or subsequently dealt with it improperly
no doubt the magistrates would have imposed a higher penalty and been
subject to appropriate further charges. Had she done anything which caused
damage or distress to those whose records she had unlawfully accessed then
they would be able to use the Act to seek redress in the civil courts.
The fines and costs seem reasonable enough for what she has done; she has
been publicly shamed in the press and local community; she is now subject to
disciplinary proceedings and may well lose her job with all of the possible
implications.
I would have thought she's well and truly learned her lesson for some
moments of "foolishness and boredom."
Laurence
Laurence W. Bebbington
Law Librarian
Information Services
The University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
>>> Jo Archer <[log in to unmask]> 09/07/04 13:57:45 >>>
In my opinion, this wasn't punitive enough! This was SENSITIVE personal
information. This woman was able to violate the privacy of people she knew,
who presumeably she'll meet in the street - not strangers. I don't think
£100 adequately reflects the damage done. At the very least I hope she has
lost her friends.
Jo
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From: Carter, Antoinette (CCM) <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:29 AM
Subject: [data-protection] Fingers caught in the till.....
Apparently, a computer operator from Gwent was caught with her fingers in
the Police National Computer, checking on her "pals" - for details refer to
this link:
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=1439
7197&method=full&siteid=50082
Antoinette Carter
Data Protection Officer
Tel: 0207 389 4970
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