Yes but Bira also said this:
"However, once you take measures that actively violate the privacy of a user -- for example, install software that will allow you to read their personal communication - you are no longer within the bounds of "reasonable violation".
Guess nobody is allowed to install PHPMyAdmin because that would allow them to read your personal info...I also used Bira post OF the law and believe I referenced the points on how this hack does NOT even fall under that law....
BTW..you may be interested to know that it would seem a privacy policy does NOT constitute a contract between your users and yourself. Northwestern airlines outright VIOLATED their stated policy and the judge threw the case against them out...and those people SHARED their data with OTHER COMPANIES.....read more here:
http://news.com.com/Judge+tosses+onl...l?tag=nefd.top