Customer data in bank is property, its misuse may be a crime: LHC

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that customer data entrusted to a bank constitutes “property” under the law and its dishonest misuse may amount to criminal breach of trust. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh issued the ruling granting post-arrest bail to a telecom franchise operator accused in a multi-million-rupee SIM-swap fraud case while refusing bail to a private bank employee. The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) had registered the case about the alleged fraudulen...

By [email protected] (Wajih Ahmad Sheikh)