Joe Gallagher wrote:
>
> I only heard about Mr Glitter's run in with P.C. world recently and how
> they blew the whislte on his nefarious files.
Hang on.The man is innocent until proven glitty.
> To take a less emotive example, say that a
> P.C. World tech
> discovers on your hard disc that you have large > amounts
> of money in the Caymen Islands , are they acting in the public interest
> by fingering a tax evader?
You'd only be a tax avoider,not evader, and, therefore, be perfectly
legit.
> Are there guidlines? If not should there
> be? Do these computer stores have any confidentiality binds?
If they did have evidence of tax evasion or other criminal act then any
confidentiality obligations would not apply. But its a good point to
consider in cases of information that is not criminal but nevertheless
embarrasing (eg that the customer spends large amounts of time chatting
away on gp-uk about farting).
Graham Ross
Ross & Co
Solicitors
Liverpool, UK
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