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It varies by country but here in the US, we have a long and proud tradition of publishing newsworthy leaks in the media.

> does that override respect for the IP of the company

There are no issues here since US copyright explicitly allows for fair use of copyrighted materials for the purposes of criticism, comment, and news reporting in particular.

> and privacy of named people?

Work-related creations and communications are not personal private information as health records are. Without getting into the espionage and hacking tangents, by and large, if the company can't safeguard its internal output, that's on the company.




>> What's the ethics of a third party publishing alleged leaked documents like this?

> It varies by country

Does what is ethical vary by country? That would make it difficult to argue for changes to whatever is currently considered ethical.




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