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I'm curious what his actual legal exposure would have been if he hadn't folded. I feel like they should have offered to compensate the author for his time in t

• newsbinator 8y ago
  I'd be curious what his legal exposure would be if he were a person off the street, who didn't have a lawyer handy.
• smelendez 8y ago
  It is also a legal issue, depending on what else is on the drives. Imagine having to call your employers or clients and tell them that data under NDA is being turned over to Seattle's auditors. Worst case, they'd want to know exactly what data was at risk, which would trigger more demands for forensic audits and more duty to notify.
• jacquesm 8y ago
  Pretty massive. An accidental release where the party released to is known and unwilling to perform a remedial action can go anywhere from a slap on the wrist to a criminal investigation. That doesn't mean there will be a conviction, but de-escalation would seem to be a wise course of action in such cases.
  • sokoloff 8y ago
    De-escalation? Sure. Allow a third-party forensics company hired and beholden to a presumed-hostile counterparty unfettered access to your hard drives because of their own lack of care or incompetence? Hell no!