Breach of Data Protection

visidigi

Flyboy152 wrote: »

There would be absolutely no reason for her to do that. That would most cetainly fall outside of your concept of:

Yeah but like halibut2209 says, how does the OP prove he got her number from work without it being provided - him against the OP, its impossible to prove unless they have a camera on the guy in the garage writing down the number...

halibut2209

Flyboy152 wrote: »

There would be absolutely no reason for her to do that. That would most cetainly fall outside of your concept of:

apples and oranges. One is to do with harrassment. The other is to do with Data Protection. Two separate issues.

Flyboy152

Crazy_Jamie wrote: »

Neither is strictly true. On the first point, harassment has to be a course of a conduct, so a single text cannot constitute harassment. On the second, there is no requirement of any kind to show that you've told the other person to stop. Obviously it crops up in a lot of cases, but it is not a requirement.

If her contacting him is a rebuttal, there is no chance it could be construed as encouraging him. You state that the wording is 'extremely important', which of course it is, but at the same time it's not rocket science. A clear rebuttal is not going to adversely affect any subsequent harassment action.

This has already been touched upon, but personally my approach here would depend on the nature of the text. If it was simple and friendly, I would simply send a text telling you have a partner, and asking him not to contact you again. If the text was offensive or abusive, I would go directly to his employer. But there is no need to make more of this than it is.

Harassment-Behaviour likely to cause distress and alarm.

I'm petrified now as he clearly also has access to my address, work numbers and car details. I live on my own in the middle of no where and I'm scared he might turn up.

Yes, it needs to be more than once, hence the wording of my post. Geez.....:wall: I wish people would read posts before making comment.

Flyboy152

arcon5 wrote: »

So you both had a bit of a flirt then he text you..

Hold on here, maybe not the best move in the world on his part, but talk of harassment or going to his employers perhaps a little bit of an over reaction?

Either ignore it and hope he gets the message or reply 'sorry, my boyfriend wouldn't be too impressed with that'. If he then persists you can take it further. But for now lets not blow this out of proportion

But that may not be enough to explicitly imply, "go away and don't contact me again."

I think, the fact that he stole her data from his employers, is enough to warrant further action.

halibut2209

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Geez.....:wall: I wish people would read posts before making comment.

Note to Alanis Morrisette. THIS is ironic

Jasmyne

Thanks everyone for your replies its been really interesting reading through them. I should have probably clarified exactly what was in the texts to make my point better.

A year ago I had a friend request on FB from a **** that I didn't know (after having my car serviced, although didn't associate the two at the time). I replied and asked who he was but he didn't say. It was left at that. shortly after I had a text saying 'hi its *** from FB'. I said again 'who are you'. No reply again.

Then I had my car serviced again last week. Yesterday I had a text just saying 'Hi'. I had saved the number so knew it was the same person. I textured back 'who are you and how do I know you'. He texted back his full name and 'lol'.

This morning he has text me a photo of his head and torso (no top on). I checked his Facebook page and it says clearly that he works at ***** (the car dealership).

halibut2209

You haven't clarified, but I assume that the guy in the photo is the same person you met at the desk, and the names match?

If so, this would definitely be a case of reporting to the dealership.

arcon5

block him from FB
ask him not to contact you
problem solved

He's only text you twice in a year and has no reason to suspect you don't want him to or to consider it harassment.

Again, not sure what the big deal is. Unless off course you tell him explicitly you aren't interested and he continues then you may have a point.

vax2002

I think this may be covered by anti stalking legalisation.
I would have a word with the police.

halibut2209

Contacting someone on several occasions without saying who you are is not "cute"