Private investigators for Hewlett-Packard sought private phone records of board members while trying to figure out which director leaked confidential information to the media, the company disclosed Wednesday. The investigators called the phone company and impersonated at least one board member to get logs of phone calls to and from his home. California's attorney general is examining the techniques used, which relied on an often illegal data mining method known as "pretexting."
September 07, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Investigators for Hewlett-Packard Co. sought private telephone records of board members while trying to figure out which director leaked confidential company information to the media, the computer maker disclosed in a regulatory filing Wednesday.
Lawyers hired by HP to review the tactics used in the probe — which included tracking board members’ phone calls — could not determine if the investigation “complied in all respects with applicable law,” HP said in the filing.
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