From Littler: Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as safer at home and face covering mandates. Some jurisdictions also require employers to screen the health of employees, often as they begin a shift. These health screening steps, including temperature checks, have…
Category: U.S.
Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his employer’s information he was accused of taking
FourthAmendment.com highlights a court opinion out of Massachusetts: Defendant is charged with accessing and taking his employer’s information for the purpose of setting up a rival company doing the same thing. His motion to suppress the information is denied because he has no reasonable expectation of privacy in it. United States v. Yu, 2020 U.S….
CBP expands facial recognition program to international travelers at San Francisco and San Jose airports
Kyle Wiggers reports: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week announced the expansion of its Simplified Arrival program, which uses facial recognition to verify the identity of airline travelers arriving in the U.S. According to a press release, Simplified Arrival is now in use at San Francisco International Airport and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International…
Here’s US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search
Shaun Nichols reports: An unsealed warrant in a case involving alleged pedophile R&B star R. Kelly has shown how the Feds can get Google to hand over the details of people who make specific web search queries. It raises a mild concern that if Uncle Sam’s request is too broad, and Google can’t or won’t…