A trade union has been ordered to let an independent expert examine its computer database to try to identify anonymous users of a forum it operated who allegedly defamed and harassed an airline pilot. The High Court said its order was both necessary and proportionate and rejected claims made by the Unite union that the…
Category: Workplace
FDA workers sue agency over monitoring personal e-mails
Ellen Nakashima and Lisa Rein report: The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show. The surveillance — detailed in e-mails and memos unearthed by…
Final word on employee expectations of privacy given to Supreme Court
A controversial case dealing with a teacher’s privacy in the wake of child pornography charges is going to Canada’s top court. Sudbury, Ont., teacher Richard Cole was charged with possessing child pornography after explicit images of a 16-year-old female student were found on his work laptop computer, which Cole had obtained after accessing another student’s…
CT: Attorney Charges Breach Of Privacy In D-SNAP
Christopher Keating reports: An attorney for state employees is charging that the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made a “huge breach of privacy” involving the release of the Social Security numbers of state employees who are under investigation for food stamp fraud. The names were included on a subpoena and were released to other…