Re:What's the legality of the ISP sharing the info (Score 1)

I am not a lawyer, although I do work with data protection as part of my profession.

Sky are clearly caught between a rock and a hard place here. They have two different duties under the law

- Comply with the court order ACS:Law have obtained, and provide the account holder details matching the IP address/Timestamp.

- Under the Data Protection Act 1998, principle 7, to ensure : "Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data."

Clearly ACS:Law have demonstrated themselves incapable of sufficiently protecting the data, and therefore to continue to cooperate with them would place Sky in breach of the DPA. Of course not complying with a court order is Contempt of Court.

What you going to do ?