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   CleverName, May 18th, 2009 @ 5:19am

   
   

   Business As Usual

   1) Why did the defense not ask that question of the jury during the selection process ?
   2) Why is the privacy of the employee who performed the access more important than that of the victims ?

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   Anonymous Coward, May 18th, 2009 @ 6:02am

   
   

   ...but it's not clear why it happened in the first place. You are kidding, right? It is clear as the size of the potential jury award in the case. The motive is money. Someone high up in the leadership new the data was there and ordered someone to mine it.

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   NullOp, May 18th, 2009 @ 6:46am

   
   

   No Surprise...

   Yep, when given the opportunity companies/governments/people will invariably snoop in the data. Its not a maybe, a possibly or perhaps. Its a sure thing. That is why people should be very concerned about entities holding large amounts of personal data. Especially governments and insurance companies. These groups in particular feel like they are exempt from any laws concerning privacy. The only real "cure" for it is prison for the offenders and perhaps the CEO. This problem is only growing worse as the data available grows. Don't doubt your data will be snooped/analyzed at some point...

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   BB, May 18th, 2009 @ 6:55am

   
   

   Blackberries in the courtroom

   I remember my first introduction to Blackberries - in court at the jury selection part of the trial. As the name of the prospective juror was announced there was a flurry of blackberry activity, and before the prospect was sworn in, a complete background check was completed and presented to the attorney's own blackberries...

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   Anonymous Coward, May 18th, 2009 @ 7:03am

   
   

   Bah! None of you are getting the real reason behind all of this. The company just wanted to make sure everyone was getting the lowest rate possible and anyone on the jury not in their database they would sent a flyer to their house and advertise some of their low low rates :D

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   Anonymous Coward, May 18th, 2009 @ 7:34am

   
   

   Electronic Medical Records anyone?

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   bob, May 18th, 2009 @ 8:49am

   
   

   I know how to stop this

   Make ICBC pay 1 million dollars to each and every one of the jury pool, for that trial.

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   Baloney Joe, May 18th, 2009 @ 9:10am

   
   

   but it's not clear why it happened in the first place.,
   
   
   
   Really, it's not clear to you? It's pretty clear to me.

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   Kevin M, May 18th, 2009 @ 9:36am

   
   

   Michael Scott

   I thought Michael Scott ran a paper company.

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    Juan Monico, May 18th, 2009 @ 9:56am

    
    

    Re: ICBC

    This is even more outrageous when you realize that ICBC is government owned, is the agency that issues vehicle registrations and license plates for the province and is the only legal source for government mandated automobile insurance.

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    Anonymous Coward, May 18th, 2009 @ 11:10am

    
    

    Figures... Stupid Canadians.

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    woodbomb (profile), Jun 13th, 2009 @ 2:35pm

    
    

    Re: Blackberries in the courtroom

    In which jurisdiction did this occur? (And ~ when?)

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