Hi all,
I've been trying to search if forwarding personal emails without permission is an offense especially under the EU General Data Protection Regulation but couldn't find any clear interpretation except for marketing emails. My former institute pressured a colleague to forward a personal email of mine without my permission and use this to initiate a formal process (Research Ombudsperson - I found out my replacement plagiarised an unpublished work of mine she had access to as a reviewer of the manuscript). They also publicly discussed and recorded my name in the minutes of the department's meeting as a complainant of plagiarism without asking for my consent. Bottomline, I feel like my privacy rights have been breached.
Thank you!
