Breaching an AUP a Crime In Western Australia 121
An anonymous reader writes "A recent court case highlights that breaching an acceptable use policy at work could land you in court in Western Australia: a police officer doing a search of the police database for a friend was fined — not for disclosing confidential police information, but for unlawful use of a 'restricted-access computer system' — cracking. More worryingly for West Australians, this legal blog points out that breaching any Acceptable Use Policy would seem to be enough to land you in jail for cracking — for example, using your internet connection to break copyright."
Re:I don't see a problem with this (Score:4, Funny)
The problem here, is that this person is a police officer, yet he is being charged with a crime. Being a police officer is very demanding, and the same rules can not apply to them.