Last year the news media reported the jailing of a telecommunications technician who obtained the personal data of a family member of a police officer for the purposes of doxing. This involved the disclosure of personal data obtained without the consent from relevant data users thereby causing psychological harm to the family member of the police officer. It was reported that the technician had taken advantage of his work in a telecommunications company to obtain the personal data including the Identity Card numbers and addresses of family members of the police officer and had disclosed the relevant data to a group on a social media platform for publication. Annie and Douglas recently read the article with interest and approached you to explain why the telecommunications technician was jailed. With reference to the applicable law explain why this is so to Annie and Douglas.

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The technician Was jailed Because he breaks the Federal trade commission Act under Section 6g The Fe... View the full answer