Ambulance Chasers
A few days after the Mumbai blasts, lawyers landed up on the doors of the victims who were injured and the doors of families of those deceased offering their services in following up the often complicated documentations to obtain compensations, for a cut.
Such a practice is very common in the US, where the lawyers are called Ambulance chasers. They are known to have informers in hospitals and neighbourhoods who inform them about people who have had accidents and approach them offering to sue for a cut!
What makes the Indian case different is that some of the lawyers when questioned said that they had obtained the data from the offices of the state government!
This just another example of the utter lack of data protection principles in our government agencies. While the threat may still be a little obscure, it will perhaps become more evident when offices land up leaking the information to thugs who could use it for intimidation and extortion.
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Viewing it from a detached
Viewing it from a detached perspective, it is almost hilarious. It is unfortunate that the most unsavoury practices devised in USA are spreading to India. With the total disregard for privacy and lack of protective mechanisms, it is a very dangerous trend.
On a different note, the football team of the law school that we played against was named ambulance chasers :).