mazo juez According to reports Europa Press , the Criminal Court No. 2 of Logroño has imposed a penalty of one year imprisonment and a fine of 2,160 euros, in addition to payment of costs, a neighbor of Rincon de Soto (La Rioja) for a crime of discovery of secrets (articles 197-201 Criminal Code).

The agreed processed without permission in April 2006 to two email accounts whose passwords knew and changed by reading the messages and personal attachments that were included in them. In addition, on June 20, 2006, sent an email from one of the accounts "with obscene images and rude" to the father of the account holder with the intent to "cause discord and humiliation in their family environment" with the knowledge of the "decline in the essential rights of personality" following the ruling. A similar case occurred a little less than a month when, after a police investigation, were arrested in Pamplona with a man accused of "access an email account and send pictures humiliating others." The first statement in this regard occurred in 2004 was resolved with an agreement between the parties.

The incident occurred during a family crisis and processed accounts accessed from the computers of the company from his father, located in the town of Rincón de Soto (La Rioja), knowing in advance the content of these personal accounts. Until February 2007, made use of the two email accounts to have access to existing messages and files in addition to those received in the whole period.

The ruling includes suspend execution of sentence of imprisonment if the processed pay the fine, costs and not commit any crime for two years. The offense includes a prison sentence of one to four years to be enforced in the upper half of it is done for profit, so that the penalty imposed in this sentence is the minimum accepted by the Penal Code, although it could consider treating the result of the proven facts.

Remember that if "made by the persons in charge or responsible for the files in computer, electronics or telematics, files or records, the penalty is imprisonment for three to five years, and if they spread, give or reveal the sensitive data, the penalty is at the upper end "as described in article 197.4 of the Penal Code, and other specialties if it occurs in the workplace or by an official. The prosecution of this crime should be, in general, ex parte and forgiveness of the offended extinguish the criminal action or the penalty imposed without prejudice to the possible pardon.

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