This. ^
If you ask me, this whole thing is utter nonsense. Let's turn this around for just a second and imagine this happened to me.
*I would have kept the email of the CEO.
*I would have screen shots of my details given out in the manor it was in this 'case'.
*Also I would have screen shots of some of the harassment in the first place. Which I'm sure she would do to make a complaint, so she could prove her case.
If I had all this information, this would easily be enough to mount a criminal case against the company.
The second point
alone is enough to take the company to court for mis-use of personal information.
To me, this whole thing stinks for the other end of attention seeking. Trolls seek attention via pissing people off. This is attention seeking via peoples empathy.
Who really would have
none of this information to hand if this had happened to them. Plus remember what sort of person we are talking about here. According to the story, it is someone who is tech-savy enough to class themselves
good at an MMORPG.
So someone who can ding lvl 90 in WoW (
using WoW as an example as no game is given), and reach a point where they are good at end game PvE or PvP, - but at no point saved an email or thought to take a screen shot as evidence.
BUT, this is all to assume that she has no evidence. Maybe she does (
and for some reason didn't go to the police, despite have a solid case), but then what would this say about the Guardian News paper, for not asking for it before publish the story.
I wouldn't trust what you read in the Guardian. Just because it's not a tabloid, doesn't mean it;s not full of shit.
http://www.shoutingatco.ws/2011/11/23/the-8-types-of-guardian-reader/
Worth a read if you think the Guardian is worth it's weight in salt. Mainly for lols, but does point to some of their hypocrisy.