Naughty_Felid
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15 years ago someone's sexuality or how they identify would have raised an eyebrow and plenty of gossip - nobody cares these days, which is good.
In other countries that would be pretty much illegal and the cop and his wife would be answering some very serious questions.
Who the hell are you working for???
In other countries that would be pretty much illegal and the cop and his wife would be answering some very serious questions.
Law enforcement agencies take a dim view of their employees making random queries in police databases.
Some people do appear to care though, which I guess is the point of this thread!15 years ago someone's sexuality or how they identify would have raised an eyebrow and plenty of gossip - nobody cares these days, which is good.
In the US hospital workers are regularly fired for looking at (celebrity) patient records that they do not need to see. You'd think they would all know by now that they will be caught and fired.Quite so. Law enforcement agencies take a dim view of their employees making random queries in police databases. A first incident of this sort might be met with a warning but any subsequent incidents would be handled more severely.
Amen.
Had l misused PNC, I would have expected to be fired, and risk up to 2 years’ imprisonment.
maximus otter
Perhaps the amount they get from the celeb magazines for leaking details of the celebrity's treatment more than compensates for the loss of job?In the US hospital workers are regularly fired for looking at (celebrity) patient records that they do not need to see. You'd think they would all know by now that they will be caught and fired.
In the UK it is treated as a breach of GDPR (data protection act) and the officer resposible can be charged with a criminal offence, even persons requesting information through Sarahs/Helens Law (information on a person close to them about previous sexual/domestic violence) if they share this information with anyone else, they can be prosecuted.In other countries that would be pretty much illegal and the cop and his wife would be answering some very serious questions.
Who the hell are you working for???
It would have to be aPerhaps the amount they get from the celeb magazines for leaking details of the celebrity's treatment more than compensates for the loss of job?
I've assumed it's trackable? is that right @maximus otter ?
In the medical environment where HIPAA is mandated the systems all have automated audit functions, if someone searches on something with a slight probability that it's not for their work it gets flagged, they get called in and they deal with apologies later. Same with HR records wherever I have worked. And all a good thing.I won't presume to speak for maximus otter but at the organisation where I work the use of police databases by employees is definitely trackable.