recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
uhhh… I’m not a lawyer but I do know that opening someone’s private mail is a crime (in Canada) and after searching it up I already found 2 sources (after a 2 second search) so far that also states the same in the US
businessanywhere.io/is-it-illegal-to-open-someone…
thelawdictionary.org/…/what-is-the-federal-law-fo…
The fact that the contents of the mail were also pilfered and redistributed without the knowledge and/or consent of the recipient might mean that Crunchyroll/the user in question might have committed a felony crime
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Legally it might be a bit more complicated than that. The address on the mail would’ve been crunchyroll, and it’s seems like businesses are allowed to open any mail that is addressed (as in having the matching address) to them regardless of whose name is on it.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
It’s actually common practice to inspect contents for foul play before forwarding, especially now with Airtags.
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
ahh yeah I agree I can see how that would complicate things.
Although if I were in the situation of dealing with the company’s mail and I saw that it was addressed to both the company and a specific recipient I’d probably ask the recipient to open and confirm the contents first to avoid any legal and ethical issues
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Yeah, for sure. Regardless of legality, it was pretty clearly unethical.