WORLDS BIGGEST LEAK OF STAFF DATA AFFECTED OVER 176,000 SHELL EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS
WORLDS BIGGEST LEAK OF STAFF DATA AFFECTED OVER 176,000 SHELL EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS
Contact
details
for
over 176,000
employees
and
contractors
of
Royal
Dutch
Shell
reached John Donovan and some environmental
and
human
rights
groups,
ostensibly
from
disaffected
Shell staff
calling
for
a “peaceful
corporate
revolution”
at
the
company.
The
database,
from
Shell’s
internal
directory, contained
names
and
telephone
numbers
for
all
the company’s
work force
worldwide,
including
some
home
numbers. It
was
supplied
with
a
170 page
covering
note,
explaining
that
it
was
being
circulated
by
“116 concerned
employees
of
Shell
dispersed
throughout
the
USA,
the
UK,
and
the
Netherlands”,
to highlight
the
harm
done
by
the
company’s
operations
in
Nigeria.
John Donovan brought the leak to the attention of Shell. Tests proved that the data was authentic and he destroyed the database after being informed by Mr Richard Wiseman, the then Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, that the confidential information, if publicly disclosed, could put Shell employees and contractors in real danger. The event generated world-wide news coverage.
GLOBAL NEWS COVERAGE: IN FEBRUARY 2010
The TRUTH will set you FREE.
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