Breach of confidentiality

[Cathal Farrell]

Jurisdiction

Australia

I placed a booking for flights on hold through a travel agent, one of the staff in the office knew my boss. The member of staff saw the booking and contacted my Boss to ask if they knew I had booked the flights. I hadn;t asked for the time off work and had only placed the flight booking on hold until I confirmed if the dates. My Boss was not happy and believed I had booked the flights without approval for time off, this lead to a complete break down in trust and eventually I left the company.

The travel agents have agreed that my confidentiality has been breached and offered me $1,000.

I have two questions:
- What area of Law does this breach of confidentiality fall under?
- What kind of conpensation would be normal for a case like this, should I accept $1,000?

Thanks for you advice.

 

[adjusterjack]

- What area of Law does this breach of confidentiality fall under?

Possibly contract law. If the travel agency's terms of service assure you of confidentiality, that's a contract.

- What kind of compensation would be normal for a case like this, should I accept $1,000?

There's no normal.

It's up to you whether to accept or not.

 

[army judge]

I placed a booking for flights on hold through a travel agent, one of the staff in the office knew my boss. The member of staff saw the booking and contacted my Boss to ask if they knew I had booked the flights. I hadn;t asked for the time off work and had only placed the flight booking on hold until I confirmed if the dates. My Boss was not happy and believed I had booked the flights without approval for time off, this lead to a complete break down in trust and eventually I left the company.

The travel agents have agreed that my confidentiality has been breached and offered me $1,000.

I have two questions:
- What area of Law does this breach of confidentiality fall under?
- What kind of conpensation would be normal for a case like this, should I accept $1,000?

Thanks for you advice.

Take the EASY $1,000 and thank the travel agency.

I highly doubt you could do much better.

 

[cbg]

I am curious as to what law the OP thinks exists that holds a travel agency to confidentiality.

 

[adjusterjack]

Like many others the OP is looking for a "law" that would compel his adversary to empty its coffers into his hands.

 

[cbg]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought.

 

[Betty3]

OP has an Australia IP address. We are a US law forum. I do agree that OP is apparently hoping for many $s.