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I'm not a lawyer, but technically the hacker didn't "hack" the computer systems. So I'd wager that you can't slap a data protection law. But on the other hand,
by sigkill 14y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but technically the hacker didn't "hack" the computer systems. So I'd wager that you can't slap a data protection law. But on the other hand, they definitely are legally liable for even a social-engineered attack. Maybe they'll get hit with negligence?
- rmc 14y agoEU Data protection law is not about "data in the computer sense" but personal information. It's not related to computers per se at all. If someone can just ring up and ask for personal information, that would be against the law. If customers personal details are written up in walls on their public offices, that would probably be illegal aswell.