Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:39:57 +0000, Kwan Ting Chan ktc@ktchan.info wrote:
Repeating my question which you did not actually answer. How is that any
different in your case excluding first point about being party to the email? As far as I'm informed, you didn't have the consent of the sender of the email to publish it, and did not respect the privacy of the sender either.
If you are not able to see the essential difference between publishing an email on Wikipedia and quietly asking a few trusted friends for advice in confidence then I'm afraid I can't help you.
A breach of confidence does not depend on whether the information was shared to a broad public or to a limited circle of friends. The latter is perhaps more insidious, because the person whose confidence is breached is unable to respond to the breach.
Ec