data breach

[Andy2]

Dumas & McPhail, LLC

you barstewards. Are you sadistic by any chance

[Scruff]

Apologise and assure them what you did was a mistake. Promise to delete the files from your records. Then wait...

[NotAllThere]

I have finished the contract. They have email record of the files. I have admitted about the emails only.
Should i ask legal advice first before i meet them or should i meet them first and see what they want ?

Say nothing until you've had legal advice. Depending on what you've purloined, they may just want to haul you over the coals a bit, and then for you to make a formal apology. (It's what I'd do).

For future reference - encrypted zip file, USB stick...

[BrilloPad]

I have finished the contract. They have email record of the files. I have admitted about the emails only.
Should i ask legal advice first before i meet them or should i meet them first and see what they want ?

You ask this but were just told....

Exactly as NLUK says.

I do wonder why they are digging into this now? It is probably an audit going on - and they want to make an example of you.

I do hope that you did nothing else with the document(it sounds like you did nothing else) then they will probably just want to make an example of you. But one wrong word can blow it out of all proportion.

[BrilloPad]

I am reminded of when I was contracting at Chase before it was taken over by JPM. So 1997.

They wanted rid of a dealer. Went through his emails and found rude jokes. Sacked him.

Then panic about tribunals and unfair dismissal. He was picked on. So they went through all trading floor emails.

They sacked 3 others. 10% got final written warnings. 10% got verbal warnings.

The guy I sat next to objected as he was accused of "pornographic" emails. Another on the team was a lawyer. They both went to a meeting to HR and agreed to accept the final written warning is the word pornography was removed.

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In many ways I am pleased the current clientco has a no external email rule.

[TheFaQQer]

I left a client site and foolishly emailed myself few files just for my records. Now client is claiming that i have done data breach and threatening with civil proceedings. What should i do, please advice

What civil proceedings are they threatening you with?

Say nothing and let them bring it on.

[BrilloPad]

can someone recommend a solicitor please. thanks

I did a google for "data protection breach lawyers"

I will pm you with another personal recommendation.

[LondonManc]

I did a google for "data protection breach lawyers"

I will pm you with another personal recommendation.

He's not getting divorced FFS

[LondonManc]

I have finished the contract. They have email record of the files. I have admitted about the emails only.
Should i ask legal advice first before i meet them or should i meet them first and see what they want ?

Does that mean you've done other stuff, or that the emails are all you've done?

[northernladuk]

Does that mean you've done other stuff, or that the emails are all you've done?

You can bet your bottom dollar he's not being fully forthcoming with the gravity of his situation and I'll bet we never find out.