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Files of personal information and journals
Sent to Legal Experts October 26 11:33 AM

Files of personal information and journals (no pornography) have been accessed from my work computer and the private information from my files are appearing in the workplace. If I can prove who accessed and stole this information, can I have them prosecuted or is it a Tort suit issue??

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October 26 11:40 AM (6 minutes and 49 seconds later)
         
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I believe that you can prosecute the culprits. It would be a theft of information akin to identity theft and a crime analagous to invasion of privacy. I believe that you could contact the police and press charges for this event. I suggest working with your employer so that they find the person because for a variety of reasons they may not want the police involved. If your employer does not assist you in this, you do have the legal right, in my opinion, to contact the police. Again, please discuss this with your employer first. I hope I have answered your questions.

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October 26 11:53 AM (13 minutes and 31 seconds later)
         
Reply to J D Haas's Post: Thank you for the prompt. Please review my account and charges, because when I went to the Pending screen, it looked like I had three pending answers, which are all duplicates of the original. Please check and verify that I will only be billed for one response of $15, and not three responses for the same question.
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Reply to J D Haas's Post: Thank you for the prompt. Please review my account and charges, because when I went to the Pending screen, it looked like I had three pending answers, which are all duplicates of the original. Please check and verify that I will only be billed for one response of $15, and not three responses for the same question.
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October 26 11:57 AM (3 minutes and 17 seconds later)
         
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