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Originally Posted by pylon
Ah, the good ole privacy act. Although she probably doesn't have a case since she voluntarily gave them her phone, it would still be a good thing to text back to el creepo, along with an email to his employer to get the texts to stop.
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This is absolutely a violation of the privacy act, because even though you gave the company this information you did not give the employee this information for personal use.
I think the fine is $2500 for the employee in question and much, much larger for the company. Not sure about the number, but I know the fine is pretty huge. Tell her to contact the store and point out the FIOP violation and want to know what they are going to do about it.
If they are willing to play ball, fire the guy and make your sister happy, then all is good. Otherwise she really doesn't have an option but to file a formal complaint.
FIOP violations are extremely serious. If they think this is acceptable then where do they draw the line about who they give your info to? How about an employee selling info to telemarketers? Selling info to an identity thief? People need to understand that your information is NOT for them to do what they want with.