Boris Segalis writes: 2010 arguably was a breakout year for consumer privacy in the U.S., but the year also brought about significant changes to the legal landscape of employee privacy. Federal and state court decisions, state legislation and agency actions suggest that the U.S. may be moving towards a greater level of privacy protection for…
Category: Court
Judge convicts Saskatchewan woman who wouldn’t fill in long-form census
Following a bitter debate this past summer in which the federal government said it didn’t want people threatened with jail time for refusing to answer the long-form census, a Saskatoon woman was found guilty Thursday of doing just that. “I’m stunned,” Sandra Finley said outside Saskatoon provincial court immediately after the verdict. Finley, who is…
Privacy Group Seeks Public Release of Thousands of Body-Scan Images of Air Travelers
Orin Kerr seems to think that EPIC’s FOIA suit to produce body scanner images is a bit incompatible respecting privacy: I realize that the goal of the public release of thousands of images is to influence public opinion on the use of body-scanners. I gather the idea is that by forcing the government to disclose…
Woman whose breasts exposed in pat-down settles with TSA
A woman who claims Transportation Security Administration officials exposed her breasts during a pat-down in 2008 will receive compensation from the agency, the Daily Mail reported. Lynsie Murley, 24, of Amarillo, Texas, filed a lawsuit against the TSA last year, accusing the agency of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The incident, which occurred…