He and four co-defendants are facing charges of illegal wiretapping and obtaining confidential records, among dozens of other allegations.

In one incident, the confidential records of more than 1.7 million patients were lost.

He had a network of contacts with corrupt police officers who obtained confidential records for him.

The student also has the right to inspect confidential records and challenge the accuracy of information contained in the file.

This coincided with early criticism that having no editorial policy would drive out good material with spam and promote automated or indiscriminate publication of confidential records.