I think it might be possible for the list owner to sue for damages under
Database Copyright (in addition to any DPA remedies).
Paul Ticher
0116 273 8191
22 Stoughton Drive North, Leicester LE5 5UB
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From: "Tim Trent" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: Stolen Data
> Last night I met by phone someone who has had a database of 100,000
> individuals stolen by a competitor. The competitor is using that data.
> I know they are because they cold called me and even arrived at my door!
>
> I chatted to the victim and he said that the Information Commissioner's
> help line had said he could report it by all means but that their
> caseload was such that it would only get a cursory glance. Obviously I
> have only got one side of the conversation.
>
> but it seems to me that so much of the DPA has been broken here that it
> is in the public interest to investigate it properly.
>
> The police are involved, after some persuasion, and are investigating
> the Computer Misuse Act, but the victim suspects that a caution is the
> only likely outcome for the thief. And he thinks that those who
> acquired the data will get away scot free.
>
> I'd be interested in the list's thoughts on this on.
>
> As an individual whose data has been compromised I have made a formal
> UKIC complaint. Cold caller has both broken PECR by calling a TPS
> registered number, and the DPA in many ways including ~gasp~ lack of
> notification.
>
> Of course, now that they auto acknowledge properly, that system has
> failed entirely and I have heard nothing back, even from an automated
> system.
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