I suspect a few of you might get a bit of a telling off about sharing confidential information. At the end of the day, a company can't stop "workplace gossip" if someone has been fired etc, people will talk about it.
The person most likely to get in trouble would be the person who shared it with you first when they shouldn't have done.
I got shared the contents as I work in IT and I know how to extract the data and have it exported in a readable format.
You’ve still not said what the issue is here OP? Has someone complained and you’re now facing a disciplinary?
When I shared it with person A. Person A then shared it with person B. Person B then shared it with Person C who works in Legal that took this whole thing to the next level and also contained the leak by speaking to all of us to not have it spread further.
You’ve still not said what the issue is here OP? Has someone complained and you’re now facing a disciplinary?
Yes, I will have to go in for disciplinary and present my case. no action has been taken yet, they want to hear my side.
You need to look at your company policy.
Did you share it with a colleague in the same department?
Why did you share it? Gossip or for work related purpose?
Could be used as an education piece or they could go heavy handed and initiate disciplinary. But, the sender should be disciplined too, they can't just pick and choose who they discipline over this.
Different department, who sits opposite me. Just gossip.
The manner in which it was handled could have implications though - if it was sensitive, etc. normally everyone involved i.e. if it was something that required IT staff would be called into a meeting and sign confidentiality documents or made aware of the gravity of the circumstances. So the original sender might be in trouble for not following proper procedures.
For instance where I work while it didn't involve me I had to be aware of something that was going on and had to sign that I was aware that specific details were under embargo, that I shouldn't discuss the details of what was going on on social media and that if approached by the press I should refer them to a named spokesperson, etc.
i didn't sign anything, also the email it self didn't say confidential. Original sender sent it to me to help extract the information and have it ready in a readable format.