Legal Question in Business Law in California
I was sent an email from a large business that has a location in my area that contained private emails of other customers. In my estimation, exposing my email and the private emails of the other recipients is a breach of confidentiality. I am located in California, and I'm not 100% sure that the statutes within CA coincide with my estimations.
Do I have a case?
3 Answers from Attorneys
One of the most basic rules of law that most people don't understand can be summed up as "no harm, no foul." If you don't have provable compensible actual damages from wrongful conduct, you don't have a case.
I agree with Mr. McCormick, although it is a breach of privacy. Since it probably was an unsolicited e-mail, federal law requires that it contain an opt-out provision. Also, you might contact the company and tell them for future reference of their error and that the e-mail addresses should have been in the BCC field.
If you have actual damages that have a causal connection to the mistake, you have a case. If you do not have provable damages, you do not have a case.
Mistakes happen. Sorry about that. I also agree with Mr. Cohen in that you could contact the company so this does not happen again. It would be the right thing to do. This is just my opinion
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