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Old 11-30-2005, 11:45 AM
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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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Old 11-30-2005, 12:06 PM
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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.
Talk to Howard over at PirateReports.com
I'm sure he could point you in the right direction.
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Old 11-30-2005, 12:09 PM
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Thx. Anybody else, feel free to add to this.
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Old 11-30-2005, 03:53 PM
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As far as i know in most countries it is considered illegal to gain access to a protected area without having permission to do so (somthing like that in more legal terms).
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Yeah - Regardless of whether or not he knew the password, he still didn't have permission to access and use that account. I don't think any court would accept evidence gathered from that sort of activity.
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