Important data theft case shows toughened laws on abused privacy

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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