Skype provides personal information of a 16-year-old boy to IT companies

ByHoubi

In the Netherlands it became clear that Skype had provided personal information of a 16 - year - old boy to IT companies. This boy is considered as one of the suspects of hacking received by PayPal in 2010, but it is rippling that handling personal information to government agencies and private companies without court order or police request I will.

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PayPal was attacked by hacking group "Anonymous" in 2010, and investigation on this matter was conducted by security companyISIGHT PartnersI was asking Joep Gommers of. As a result of the investigation, Joep Gommers finds someone who seems to be involved in the incident, contacts other clients such as Skype and asks for their account, and at the same time asks the government authorities to " I will send you a message. " Personal information handed down belonged to the citizens of the Netherlands, including those of a 16-year-old boy suspected as a suspect. According to the police, Skype handed out personal information of suspects such as user name, real name, e-mail address, home address, payment method, etc.

ByRubén Chase

Gommers says that he has not received an order from the court, and Skype has submitted personal information without a court order. Dutch news websiteNu.nlIn response to the interview, Gommers commented, "We share information with the relevant legal agencies, just as you witness the crime in your neighborhood, as well as reporting it to the police."

Gerrit - Jan Zwenne who is a lawyer and studies law and information society seems to be surprised by a series of flows. "A lot of people think that personal information of a service subscriber is not handed out so easily, but as the police and the court order, the information must be handed in. In other cases I can not usually think about it. " It is unclear whether the reason for causing the information to be provided without waiting for a court order as in this case of Skype is in the Dutch communication technology and privacy law.

BySsalonso

Skype in 2011It was acquired by MicrosoftHowever, Microsoft is seriously considering this situation, "As long as we do not threaten legal requirements or physical safety, our policy is not to provide information on service users" , We are going to re-investigate what kind of information was handed to the private company.