Verizon Gave Her Data to a Stalker. ‘This Has Completely Changed My Life’::A stalker haphazardly posing as a cop demanded sensitive data from Verizon. Verizon complied, and the stalker drove to an address armed with a knife. 404 Media spoke to the victim.
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I agree with this sentiment for every corporation. WAY TOO OFTEN are people wronged, with life consequences, and they aren’t taken care of and the company gets a slap on the wrist.
If I did this as a private citizen, it could carry criminal charges. If a corporation does it, maybe they’ll get fined.
*would, in most cases. Shit’s fucked, yo
Would a private individual who accidentally gave out an address, to someone posing as an authority, be criminally charged?
Unfortunately we live in a society where it’s fuck the average person, corporations are the only thing that matters.
Lol what? A percentage of their market cap is probably what you mean. A percentage of average net income over the last N (5?) years would be more realistic and still scaled in a way that impacts returns to investors.
Stock… Price? You mean fine them some number of shares?
You can’t fine the price, that’s not how the stock market works.
I mean you could fine them a percentage of the stock price. It is a dollar value. But that would only be a few dollars paid out.
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Pertinent excerpts:
Verizon handed Poppy’s personal data, including the address on file and phone logs, to a stalker who later directly threatened her and drove to an address armed with a knife.
[the stalker] used a ProtonMail account, not a government email, to make the request, and used the name of a police officer that didn’t actually work for the police department he impersonated, according to court records. Despite those red flags, Verizon still provided the sensitive data to [the stalker].
a Verizon representative told Poppy that the corporation was a victim too.
