Black Swallow pay out Showpo $60,000 contact database
An online fashion retailer has been ordered to pay a rival business $60,000 following settlement of a data breach dispute.
Melissa Aroutunian, 24, allegedly exported the details of 306,000 Showpo customers when she resigned and passed the information onto her new employer, Black Swallow.
The Sydney-based business then sent promotional content to the Showpo customers, Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Melissa Aroutunian, 24, allegedly exported the details of 306,000 Showpo customers and passed the information onto her new employer, Black Swallow
Showpo was founded in 2010 by Jane Lu (pictured on her way to Coachella festival)
Ms Aroutunian is pictured second from the right, back. Ms Lu is pictured second from the right, front
Black Swallow has been ordered to pay Showpo $60,000 in instalments, following which, the case will be dismissed.
Both parties have been ordered to pay their own legal costs, and Ms Aroutunian has been banned from using or disclosing the contact list of her former employer.
Showpo was founded in 2010 by Jane Lu, who took out the title of Cosmopolitan's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2016.
The online retailer, which sells fast and affordable fashion, is expected to reap $25 million in revenue for 2016.
Similar online retailer Black Swallow launched 18 months ago.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Ms Aroutunian, Showpo and Black Swallow.
Ms Lu's Showpo, which sells fast and affordable fashion, is expected to reap $25 million in revenue for 2016 (Ms Lu is pictured)
Ms Lu is pictured at the Sydney Royal Easter Show at a Showpo stall with showbag
Ms Lu took out the title of Cosmopolitan's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2016
Ms Aroutunian has been banned from using or disclosing the contact list of her former employer
The Showpo website masthead is pictured
The Black Swallow website header is pictured