Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Massachusetts

I was on google.com searching different names of friends and I came across a particular co-worker/friend who is on the New Hampshire Criminal Registry. When I next spoke to the friend, I told him what I found, and he got very angry and said I was harassing him and I invaded his privacy by looking up his name. He said he is going to contact his lawyer. Did I do something illegal by looking up his name?


Asked on 11/27/10, 11:03 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Tom Flynn Law Offices of Thomas V. Flynn

Short answer no. If the information was available on a public site, your viewing of the information was not illegal. However, be aware that if the information is false and you "publish" it to a third party (for example you print out the page and give it to your supervisor), you could have a problem.

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Answered on 12/09/10, 5:39 am


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