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Saudi- Telecom worker jailed for breaching client privacy
(MENAFN- Arab News) The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice known as Haia recently arrested a 22-year-old telecommunication employee for taking advantage of his position at the company employing him.
During his time at the firm the man used personal data of women registered with the company such as their personal photos and telephone numbers. He then tried to blackmail them into initiating illicit relationships with him.
A woman who had applied to receive service from the company told local media she was surprised to see a strange contact appear on her WhatsApp immediately after signing up with the firm. Fearing some shady business was going on the woman checked with her husband who was surprised to see the contact was using his wife's full name.
Enticing him to talk more about himself the husband managed to extract the stalker's identity duping him into believing he was actually talking to the woman. The telecom employee revealed that he had seen her photo on the company's files and found the woman very attractive stressing his interest in having an affair with her.
The husband filed a complaint with the governorate and at Haia's regional branch providing examples of the WhatsApp conversations they both had.
Haia members and other competent authorities arranged an ambush to catch the man red-handed. Posing as the woman on WhatsApp they asked him to meet up at a cafe where he was arrested as soon as he stepped out of his car.
The young man was referred to Al-Salama police and then to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.
He confessed to Haia officials that he had also communicated with other women by using the same method abusing his position as a data entry employee at the telecom company.
The husband decided to sue the company arguing that one of its employees had violated his wife's privacy. According to the man the data provided when signing up any contracts with the company should preserve the confidentiality of the clients whether male or female.
The company at fault suggested that he file a complaint with the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC).
During his time at the firm the man used personal data of women registered with the company such as their personal photos and telephone numbers. He then tried to blackmail them into initiating illicit relationships with him.
A woman who had applied to receive service from the company told local media she was surprised to see a strange contact appear on her WhatsApp immediately after signing up with the firm. Fearing some shady business was going on the woman checked with her husband who was surprised to see the contact was using his wife's full name.
Enticing him to talk more about himself the husband managed to extract the stalker's identity duping him into believing he was actually talking to the woman. The telecom employee revealed that he had seen her photo on the company's files and found the woman very attractive stressing his interest in having an affair with her.
The husband filed a complaint with the governorate and at Haia's regional branch providing examples of the WhatsApp conversations they both had.
Haia members and other competent authorities arranged an ambush to catch the man red-handed. Posing as the woman on WhatsApp they asked him to meet up at a cafe where he was arrested as soon as he stepped out of his car.
The young man was referred to Al-Salama police and then to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution.
He confessed to Haia officials that he had also communicated with other women by using the same method abusing his position as a data entry employee at the telecom company.
The husband decided to sue the company arguing that one of its employees had violated his wife's privacy. According to the man the data provided when signing up any contracts with the company should preserve the confidentiality of the clients whether male or female.
The company at fault suggested that he file a complaint with the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC).
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