JustinTheMonkey Wrote:
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> Jailbirds, here you go - sorry I didn't warn you
> before you riled up so many lawyers.
>
> Santa Clara U Law:
> Common Law Protection of Privacy
> As noted earlier, the Anglo-American case law
> tradition, as recognized in most states, offers
> some protection for privacy of personal
> information. It is illegal to reveal private facts
> about someone if the average person would find it
> objectionable to have that information made
> public, provided that the subject of the
> information is not a public figure and there is no
> legitimate public interest in making the
> information known. It is also an offense to place
> a person in a false light. It is not necessary
> that the false information ruin the person's
> reputation; only that it be objectionable.
> Appropriation of someone's name, image, or some
> other aspect of the person's identity is another
> offense. Finally intrusions, such as intercepting
> private communications, are also illegal, unless
> there is a legitimate reason for doing so or the
> parties to the communication have given consent.
> In any of these cases the victim can sue the
> perpetrator and recover damages.
>
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/te
> chnology/internet/privacy/privacy-law.html
> Read up lots of people behind bars related to
> hacking and doxing. It is true that doxing itself
> gets pushed behind other charges, but only because
> the doxing by definition breaks other established
> laws like harassment, defamation, bulling,
> blackmail, extortion.
> So publish a name and address with no particular
> context, yes that's not going to get anywhere. But
> once you connect it with something that damages a
> reputation, as the AM data most certainly does,
> you have well crossed the legal line.
> Barrett Brown Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in
> Connection to Stratfor Hack
>
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/barrett-brown-sentenc
> ed-5-years-prison-connection-stratfor-hack/
Is that federal? And is it criminal or civil?