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Halifax Regional Police say they won't be charging a 19-year-old man arrested last month for downloading files from Nova Scotia's freedom-of-information portal.
Spokesperson Neera Ritcey said in an email Monday that after a thorough investigation, police determined there were no grounds to lay a charge of unauthorized use of a computer against the teen.
That charge carries a possible 10-year prison sentence.
On April 11, the 19-year-old was arrested at his Halifax home, where he lives with his parents and siblings. In an interview with CBC News following his arrest, he said 15 officers raided the house.
Hundreds notified their information was accessed
Roughly 700 people were notified that their personal information was accessed by someone not authorized to have it. Premier Stephen McNeil called it stealing.
The government's freedom of information and protection of privacy portal remains offline and it's not clear when the website will be back up. The files the man allegedly accessed were publicly visible to anyone with the link.
Fraser said the family is still processing how the police handled the investigation and the raid on their home. He said it's unclear what information was provided to police by the province or how it was characterized. Fraser suggested it could have influenced how police proceeded.
"The rhetoric at that time was very strong, suggesting some sort of hacking, which proved not to be the case, and if that sort of rhetoric was transferred to the police it might be expected that that's the sort of response they're going to have," said Fraser.
He said police should have been told there were 11 other accesses to the information that was posted on a publicly available website with no security precautions.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...es-in-nova-scotia-government-breach-1.4651543
Spokesperson Neera Ritcey said in an email Monday that after a thorough investigation, police determined there were no grounds to lay a charge of unauthorized use of a computer against the teen.
That charge carries a possible 10-year prison sentence.
On April 11, the 19-year-old was arrested at his Halifax home, where he lives with his parents and siblings. In an interview with CBC News following his arrest, he said 15 officers raided the house.
Hundreds notified their information was accessed
Roughly 700 people were notified that their personal information was accessed by someone not authorized to have it. Premier Stephen McNeil called it stealing.
The government's freedom of information and protection of privacy portal remains offline and it's not clear when the website will be back up. The files the man allegedly accessed were publicly visible to anyone with the link.
Fraser said the family is still processing how the police handled the investigation and the raid on their home. He said it's unclear what information was provided to police by the province or how it was characterized. Fraser suggested it could have influenced how police proceeded.
"The rhetoric at that time was very strong, suggesting some sort of hacking, which proved not to be the case, and if that sort of rhetoric was transferred to the police it might be expected that that's the sort of response they're going to have," said Fraser.
He said police should have been told there were 11 other accesses to the information that was posted on a publicly available website with no security precautions.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...es-in-nova-scotia-government-breach-1.4651543