Greed can be a real bugger.
From Reuters:
A employee of mobile phone operator T-Mobile is facing prosecution after selling personal details of thousands of British customers to rival companies in an alleged major breach of data protection laws.
So, wait. He/she sold the data to other companies? While jail is possible it appears that the individual penalties are lacking in substance. But, what of the companies receiving the illegally appropriated data?
“While it is deeply regrettable that customer information has been misappropriated in this way, we have proactively supported the ICO to help stamp out what is a problem for the whole industry,” T-Mobile said on Tuesday.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said the data was sold for “substantial amounts of money” to brokers working for other mobile phone companies.
I would be very interested to see how this one will play out in the courts.
Here is more on the story from the Guardian.
