Carl Burnett Jr. reports: A legal argument about the methods police used to arrest two men after they allegedly invaded a home, killed a dog and stole items could derail the entire case. Whether law enforcement personnel can put a GPS device on a suspect’s vehicle without obtaining a search warrant beforehand is an issue…
Category: Surveillance
Police Say Arrested Teacher’s Face Was Recorded On Hidden Bathroom Camera
Auburn Hutton reports from Nevada: A local sixth grade teacher, is caught on video, for allegedly placing a small camera in the staff bathroom at Jesse Hall Elementary School. 43-year-old Terry Rauh, is in jail on ten counts of “Capturing an Image of a Private Area,” after one of his coworkers found the recorder earlier…
“Geofencing” enables new location-based apps, raises privacy concerns
JP Manninen reports: A coffee shop pinging your cell phone with a deal for latte when you’re 300 feet away? A mother alerted when her child leaves the school grounds? All this is done with “geofencing“, the latest thing in location-based services, according to some proponents and users. Geofencing means setting up a virtual perimeter—the…
Administrator agrees to surrender computer in Web cam case
John P. Martin brings us the latest development in the lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District for activating a webcam to record a student in the student’s home: The Lower Merion School District administrator who had the ability to activate the Web cams on students’ laptops agreed Friday to let investigators inspect her personal…