ACS Law - Letter of Claim

whattodo...?_3

Thanks garth549.
I'm still pretty worried about it but I think i'm just going to not reply and see what happens.

Has anyone ever not replied.....?? Do they follow it up??

barvid

> Even if it was genuine there is also no legal obligation to keep your wireless network secure (if you have one) so then it could have potentially been anyone on your street.

While this is true, I think you are responsible for what is downloaded, uploaded, or made available etc. over your connection.

shanks84

Think I'll reply, telling them under no uncertain terms that I won't be paying them a penny. Think I'll also print this off and include it with the letter

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2010/08/24/acs-law-referred-to-disciplinary-tribunal-over-uk-isp-file-sharing-threat-letters.html

deklan99

ACS Law Suffer Embarassing E-mail Leak - http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/news/20100925-acslaw-hit-by-email-leak "....should there be anything in there which breaks the law or breaches ethical guidelines it could lead to serious repercussions for Crossley and his company".
Enjoy!

Spartacus_Mills

Interesting. Could ACS make it stand up in court ?

mynameisdave

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11418962

mynameisdave

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11418962

Edit: Beaten to it, and double post.

shanks84

Unbelievable! I've seen this list, and my name and address details are on there! Surely they are bang to rights now? It's a severe breach of the data protection act, and a gross misuse of my personal details. Think I'll be seeking legal advice on this, as I'm utterly appauled

jamie07971

Got this email from Plusnet today regarding this - may I add some something I did not do:

We're sending you this email to make you aware of a recent incident which may have led to the disclosure of some of your personal information by a third party. This is a particularly complex issue and we recommend that you read this email and the online FAQ thoroughly.

Organisations that publish music, films, etc, are working harder than ever before to ensure that their copyright material is not shared via the Internet in such a way that it is not paid for. A number of these organisations are establishing which Internet connections are doing this. Then via legal firms, are requesting Internet service providers, like Plusnet, through court orders to give them the details of individual customer connections that are alleged to have shared material unlawfully.

Your right to privacy is very important to us and we recognize that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you expect that information to be protected.

Unfortunately this particular incident involved individuals gaining access to the private emails of a law firm which was outside of our direct control.

Last week, the law firm ACS:Law had their website taken down by something known as a targeted 'Denial of Service' attack. As a result of this incident, we understand that a backup file of ACS:Law’s servers was made publicly available on the Internet, which contained, amongst other things, a significant amount of ACS:Law’s private email. Included in this backup file were emails that Plusnet sent to ACS:Law containing the names and addresses of a number of our customers who had allegedly shared copyrighted material without permission using peer-to-peer applications on the Internet.

We were legally obliged to provide ACS:Law with this information through the application of a series of court orders brought by ACS:Law against Plusnet. ACS:Law use this information to write to individual ISP customers on behalf of copyright holders seeking recompense for the alleged breach of copyright.

Whilst we don’t condone copyright infringement, it’s important to note that these allegations are being made by the copyright holder and ACS:Law, not by Plusnet.

You may already have received a letter from ACS:Law and you will therefore be familiar with the court order. However, we also believe that some of the information leaked contained the details of customers whom ACS:Law had not yet written to.

Our records indicate that your personal details may have been contained in one or more of the leaked emails.

What should I do?

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If you have never been in contact with ACS:Law then the details that may have been leaked are:

- Your name.
- Your postal address.
- Your Internet 'IP address'.
- The name of the copyright works you are accused of downloading.
- The time of the alleged incident.

If on the other hand you have been in contact with ACS:Law, then it is possible that any information you shared with them may also have been made publicly available. If this includes your financial details then we strongly suggest that you contact your credit card company or bank immediately and advise them of the situation.

Plusnet takes the security of our customers' data very seriously indeed, and we are very concerned that information we were obliged to share in confidence with a third party has been made public on the Internet.

We have expressed our concerns to ACS:Law regarding this, and they have assured us that the incident will be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

You can find further information for customers who have been affected by this issue in the Factsheet we have published to our website - http://www.plus.net/support/acslaw.shtml

If you have any further questions about this email, please don't hesitate to get back in touch using the Help Assistant available on our website - http://www.plus.net/go.html/acslaw

deddogblues

Perhaps the people named on the list should contact ACS and demand compensation for the infringement, £500 should do it!