Emil Protalinski writes: Back in September, a US judge ruled that a school district violated the First Amendment (freedom of speech) and Fourth Amendment (unreasonable search and seizure) rights of a 12-year-old student by forcing her to hand over her Facebook password to school officials who in turn used it to search for messages they deemed inappropriate….
Category: Workplace
France bars use of biometrics to track employee work hours
A reader e-mailed me links to these articles (in French) with a note: “For reasons of disproportionality, French Data Protection Authority ‘CNIL’ forbids the use of any biometric feature to control the working hours of employees:” http://www.cnil.fr/la-cnil/actualite/article/article/lautorisation-unique-n-au-007-ne-porte-plus-sur-les-controles-dhoraires-des-salaries/ http://www.net-iris.fr/veille-juridique/actualite/30870/pas-de-biometrie-pour-controler-les-horaires-de-travail.php
Former SC police officer says Navy violated his privacy
Michael Doyle reports: Former Charleston police officer Timothy Reed mobilized for war, more than once. Then the Navy shared some sensitive information, and he was out of a job. Now the resident of Goose Creek is in federal court in Washington, challenging the military he once served. Money and several reputations are on the line…
Minneapolis approves $392,500 settlement with former cop over invasion of privacy
Following up a case covered previously on this blog. Karen Boros reports: A former police officer — who accused cops from across the Twin Cities of invasion of privacy when they inappropriately accessed her driver’s license information — will receive $392,500 from Minneapolis. Anne Marie Rasmusson, a one-time St. Paul and Eden Prairie police officer,…