Laying the foundation, the criminal courts in Europe are starting to take data protection seriously from now on. This has led to the first record high fine to two former T-Mobile UK mobile operator employees, says Stewart Room, who is a partner at the London Law firm named Field Fisher Waterhouse. After stealing and then selling some customer data in 2008 from the T-Mobile UK mobile operator company, the Chester Crown Court fined the duo, David Turley and Darren Hames, of £73,700, or roughly $106,000. The fine isn’t what made this ruling such a…
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