An employee at emergency roadside rescue biz RAC has received an eight-month suspended prison sentence for unsanctioned access to computer systems that saw her sell customers' data to an accident claims management company.
Kim Doyle pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to secure unauthorised access to computer data and cashing in on RAC punters' personal information that she passed to William Shaw, director of TMS (Stratopsphere), trading as LIS Claims. Doyle was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on Friday, 8 January.
The court heard that Doyle, 33, of Village Lane, Higher Whitley, North West England, generated lists of data on road traffic accidents, including partial names, mobile phone numbers and registration numbers, even though she was not given consent by the RAC to do so.
Shaw, 32, of Flixton Road, Urmston, near Manchester, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to secure unauthorised access to computer data, and ..
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