{
  "id": 329700,
  "title": "Customer data in bank is property, its misuse may be a crime: LHC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/customer-data-in-bank-is-property-its-misuse-may-be-a-crime-lhc-329700",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-08T03:36:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2021357/customer-data-in-bank-is-property-its-misuse-may-be-a-crime-lhc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that customer data entrusted to a bank constitutes “property” under the law and its dishonest misuse may amount to criminal breach of trust. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh issued the ruling granting post-arrest bail to a telecom franchise operator accused in a multi-million-rupee SIM-swap fraud case while refusing bail to a private bank employee. The…",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Customer data in bank is property, its misuse may be a crime: LHC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/customer-data-in-bank-is-property-its-misuse-may-be-a-crime-lhc",
        "published": "2026-08-08T03:36:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}