Eric Nicholson reports that the use of tracking devices in Texas schools continues to expand: San Antonio’s Northside ISD, which became the focus of national controversy when an intensely evangelical high school sophomore refused to wear her RFID-equipped student ID because it was the Mark of the Beast, is not the first school district to track…
Category: Workplace
Justice Dept. tightens rules on subpoenaing records of journalists
Sari Horowitz reports: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday announced tighter controls over the ability of prosecutors to subpoena the phone and other records of journalists after criticism that the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of leak investigations was infringing on press freedom. Under new guidelines, a reporter must be the target of a…
NY: Court of Appeals: Round-the-clock GPS tracking of state worker ‘unreasonable’
Casey Seller reports: The state Court of Appeals has decided that the attachment of a GPS device on the personal vehicle of Michael Cunningham, a Department of Labor employee suspected of padding his time reports, was “unreasonable” in its scope. The use of the GPS device in the state Inspector General’s probe, the court concludes,…
Federal Court Holds Opened Emails Not Protected By Stored Communications Act
BuckleySander LLP writes: On June 5, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio held that emails the intended recipient opened but did not delete were not covered by the Stored Communications Act because they were not being kept for the purposes of backup protection. Lazette v. Kulmatycki, No. 12-02416, 2013 WL 2455937 (N.D. Ohio Jun. 5,…