Kevin Murphy of Reuters reports: In the face of a lawsuit, a Missouri state senator defended on Saturday a new state law that will prohibit teachers from communicating privately with students over the Internet. A teachers group filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon contending the new lawsuit violates free speech and other rights, but the senator…
Category: Workplace
Employees At Tulsa Public Schools Accused Of Hacking Co-Workers Email
Ashli Sims reports: Tulsa police seized several computers from the Tulsa Public Schools athletic office to investigate a possible cyber crime. Three district employees, including the district’s athletic director, are accused of hacking into a co-worker’s personal email account. No charges have been filed against the accused and they haven’t been suspended. And the woman…
Court sides with college accused of snooping on student’s email
Evan Brown writes: Plaintiff’s threatening behavior toward certain faculty members of his college led the administration to monitor plaintiff’s school-issued email account. Plaintiff’s lawsuit against the school included claims for violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the Stored Communications Act (SCA), and common law invasion of privacy. The college moved to dismiss these…
Social Media History Becomes a New Job Hurdle
Jennifer Preston reports: Companies have long used criminal background checks, credit reports and even searches on Google and LinkedIn to probe the previous lives of prospective employees. Now, some companies are requiring job candidates to also pass a social media background check. A year-old start-up, Social Intelligence, scrapes the Internet for everything prospective employees may…