Is this a violation even if everyone knows about it?
	
	
		To make a long story short, my ex girlfriend told her co-worker to send me an email (not knowing I was going to be set up) to see if I am faithful to her and what my response would be in general. The email stated that she was going to meet me and that it was avoidable! It spooked me and then I researched her name in out inhouse police data base only. The ex-girlfriend then asks me why I seemed out of place, I explained and I also told her my hunch was right about this spooky email. It turned out to be that her co-worker had suicidal incident involving the police. Well, of course she failed to keep it between us and then told her co-worker. Her co-worker laughed and said "whats the big deal? everyone knows because i told them, thats old new".  Then her co-worker comes to my job and complains and exaturated that I researched her name and her whole life. Which wasn't true. Of course I was forced to resign.   
My question:  Is this a violation even if everyone knows about it?:confused: