I don't know how it works "over there", but where I'm from "URL-hacking" is not considered hacking, but data publicly available.
I did some reasearch though, and indeed there seems to be an untried case where, if it is obvious that the owner of the data wants to keep it secret, it isn't okay. It is in danish so you'll likely need som google translate or somesuch, search for URL hacking: https://projekter.aau.dk/projekter/files/305754822/Speciale_...
But as a rule, it is on par with an email sent to a wrong recipient. https://www.version2.dk/artikel/lovraad-slaar-fast-url-hacki...
It is considered on par with an email sent to a wrong recipient. There might be an exception though, but it is untried in the courts, AFAIK.