On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:39:57 +0000, Kwan Ting Chan
<ktc(a)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