vb.org Archive - View Single Post - Law violation? Stealing information from board.

rayzon · #1 11-30-2005, 11:45 AM

Okay, this may be the wrong forum, hope not.

One of my users(user1) managed to log in under another users(user2) name to access that other users(2) private messages.

User 1 has decided to use those private messages to attempt to cause legal troubles for User 2, simply becuase User 1 is angry at User 2.

My question is: Has User 1 violated any tye of privacy law? Any law at all by "illegally" accessing the other users account? I have been told that email is protected and considered private, does anybody know if any of these protections are afforded to private messages on a message board which is password protected?

If you can provide references or ideas on where to look, I would be forever grateful.

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