A Tesco worker who emailed himself copies of customer details from the supermarket giant’s database has been fined.
Thomas Wengierow admitted a breach of the Data Protection Act at Dundee Sheriff Court committed when he worked at the Tesco Customer Services call centre in Dundee’s Baird Avenue.
He admitted he “knowingly or recklessly obtained or disclosed” personal data from a Tesco database at the centre.
The court was told Wengierow, 47, who had returned to Scotland from his native Lithuania for the hearing, copied data about customers’ personal details into an email and sent it to himself.
Solicitor David Duncan, defending, said: “It is an unusual offence but nonetheless serious.
“It seems to have come at a time when he was losing his grip on his life.
“He was unfulfilled and unhappy in his employment and went on this strange adventure as a result.
“He is now unemployed and he’s going to have to try and get back on track.”
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC imposed a fine of £230 on Wengierow, of Pitalpin Court, Dundee.
She said: “You can’t use information in the way that you did.”
