Scottish⑦Canuck Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 And yet they knowingly impersonated individuals and by virtue of that ruse were given private data to which they were not entitled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Whether they broke data protection laws or not isn't relevant regarding whether they are directly responsible for the nurse's death. They didn't set out to cause harm and in my opinion are not. If they broke the Data Protection Act (or whatever it is now) then that's a separate issue that will no doubt be dealt with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 A possible offence would be under section 55 of the UK Data Protection Act, 1998 that makes it an offence for third parties, such as hackers and impersonators, outside the organisation to obtain unauthorized access to the personal data of a person held by that organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Criminal negligence causing death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Criminal negligence causing death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Dj's should not be charged at all. A prank call is a prank call. The nurse is the idiot who took her own life. I don't care how we see it, commiting suicide just because of a prank call is not the way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpcurtly Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Just saw both the DJ's on the news crying about this. Seems like they are genuinely upset about it. I don't think they should be held responsible as the woman who took her life was obviously in a fragile state. Maybe the prank put her over the edge but who's to say that it wouldn't have been something else a couple hours/days/weeks later(had this not happened)? I dunno, just a really sad situation for all those involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coda Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 That was actually a fairly tame prank call. While I don't think the prank callers should be encouraged to do this, blaming them for the suicide is ridiculous. There are thousands of prank calls made around the world every year by radio stations, and many more privately, most of them more offensive than this one. This one just happens to be high profile with an apparent tragic result: I say apparent because we really have no idea why the nurse committed suicide. At the very most the prank call is just the final step that pushed a very troubled person over the edge. Take the famous Sarah Palin prank call. That is a hilarious piece of comedy, and the prankers were treated like heroes after it. If Palin or her Aid had happened to commit suicide after the call, should the prankers really have gone from being treated like heroes to murderers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrels.Gone.Wild Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Criminal negligence causing death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Just saw both the DJ's on the news crying about this. Seems like they are genuinely upset about it. I don't think they should be held responsible as the woman who took her life was obviously in a fragile state. Maybe the prank put her over the edge but who's to say that it wouldn't have been something else a couple hours/days/weeks later(had this not happened)? I dunno, just a really sad situation for all those involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Well, you're the barrister, but I still don't like their chances of convicting these two of any crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Seems like the crime is airing conversation without permission. http://www.cbc.ca/ne...adio-hoax-.html Which actually has nothing to do with the suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Interesting. Hard to believe that someone would get 5 years for "airing a private conversation without permission", but I suppose one should never underestimate the power of a witch hunt... All I can say is there's a whole slew of DJs out there that better start lawyering up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Interesting. Hard to believe that someone would get 5 years for "airing a private conversation without permission", but I suppose one should never underestimate the power of a witch hunt... All I can say is there's a whole slew of DJs out there that better start lawyering up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 It would make sense if the airing of the conversation led to someone being fired or suffering other monetary damages. But for just humiliation, I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi Babe Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 The recording and broadcast of the private conversation is the offence. The SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 2007 of NSW does not speak to consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 What witch hunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 The recording and broadcast of the private conversation is the offence. The SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 2007 of NSW does not speak to consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 And will such provisions apply to every single media source who picked up the recording and broadcasted it over and over and over again? How are they any less culpable in charges being laid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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