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Is the marketing firm liable for the damage they caused?
Otherwise it is a non-issue 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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Given that the data include predictions of these people's likely voting intention on a range of subjects there may well be a defamation case (or many) in there.
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Pretty much all of this data is public record. There is quite possibly nothing there that a team of people couldn't get from the internet with a few months of effort.
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True - but when you perform an analysis on the data (using your chosen statistical methodology) and then publish that analysis you are liable for that too.
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Yes, ethically wrong and shows a total lack of professionalism. But it's probably not illegal.
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But politically correct. By definition.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Is the marketing firm liable for the damage they caused?
You'd have to establish cause and effect. So say someone has their identity stolen, he or she would then need to prove that the leak originated here. Very unlikely I'd say.
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Which makes it non-news. Companies do not protect data if they are not liable. The cause-and-effect nonsense is merely there to protect the companies - and as long as no financial damage is to be expected, nothing will be invested into security.
Don't expect security if no one is liable. That's just plain nonsense.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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Good points, and I agree.
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Nobody appears to take any blame (admit to mistakes) anymore, right the way down the chain. Its a problem because there are no lessons learn't that way.
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Quote: Nobody appears to take any blame (admit to mistakes) anymore,
Anymore? When, pray tell, was admitting mistakes a common practice? 
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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KennethKennedy wrote: Nobody appears to take any blame (admit to mistakes) anymore
Go ahead and remove that word, because really nobody ever did. 
You're just noticing it now. 
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Problems when whearing a beard... 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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It was quick, look nice and responsive...
It looks from the inside a mess.
It can not be move away from the web server root.
It can not be break apart for maintenance and partial deployment (bug fixing).
It has already over 30,000 files checked in (and only two pages).
I was able to break into it within 5 minutes.
Works only HTTP or HTTPS, but can't switch (without code change).
The project structure is a mess (you actually have to search to find all style files).
The CEO thinks it is our future.
I have to think about mine...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: The CEO thinks it is our future.
I have to think about mine...
Good luck with that
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Don't worry, the next "must use" javascript framework is never more than a month away.
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I assume you are referring to ASP.NET?
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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From the first two lines, I was expecting a poem. 
It was quick, looks nice and responsive.
It looks from the inside a mess,
As if written by twenty blind drunkards
Who live in a big pool of cess.
It's stuck in the root of the server,
And cannot be split into parts.
The security system is broken;
It's about as much use as wet farts.
Turning on SSL is quite painful.
To find CSS is a farce.
After playing with it for ten minutes,
I can see it's a pain in the arse.
It has 30K files for two pages,
And some people think that that's fine.
The CEO thinks it's our future.
Now I have to think about mine.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: It has already over 30,000 files checked in (and only two pages).
Sounds like a typical ASP.NET project. 
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: The CEO thinks it is our future.
Talk to him. By far the single most biggest problem I see in tech is poor communication. Everyone is so damn afraid to talk. I'm sure he's a smart guy or else he wouldn't be in his position. If he doesn't know what's happening under the hood, then explain it to him.
Two jobs ago, I met a man who is the CEO of a company I used to work for. He did a lot of things right and earned some moola running another business but this was his first stint into tech. More than most of us can say for ourselves. He hired a bunch of tech guys, but didn't really know what was going on. Brilliant guy, but he had a hard time figuring crap out because guess what... none of the tech people would talk to him.
Communication man. Speak up now rather than later.
Oh and your CEO is right about the future of the web. He's just looking at it from a different perspective. Talk to him.
Jeremy Falcon
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And it should go without saying by talk I mean listen. Active and real communication is about listening as well, not just opening one's mouth to hear sounds come out that are based on an idea of a conversation someone thought up in their head before they even talk to a person.
Jeremy Falcon
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Are the people who stream movies illegally watching on de man'?
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Is a slander just a thin lie?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That rings a libel.
/ravi
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