The ACLU of Florida has responded to an executive order issued by Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott, that mandates random drug testing of state employees. Noting the similarity of the order to a policy previously found unconstitutional by a federal judge in 2004, Howard Simon, Executive Director, ACLU of Florida, stated: “I’m not sure why Governor…
Category: Workplace
Ca: Personal files on work computers ruled private
Tracey Tyler reports: The Ontario Court of Appeal has recognized a right to privacy in the personal information Canadians store on work-issued computers. In a 3-0 ruling Tuesday, the court said a Sudbury high school teacher charged with having nude photos of a Grade 10 student on a laptop issued by the school board had…
Ex-Employee’s Blogs Can’t Be Stopped Absent Extraordinary Circumstances, New York Court Rules
Joseph Lazzarotti and John Snyder comment on Cambridge Who’s Who Publishing v. Sethi, a case recently covered on DataBreaches.net because of its reference to an alleged data breach that had never been reported in the media. Of significance to me, the court ruled that Cambridge Who’s Who could not get an injunction that would stop…
2 University of Iowa employees disciplined for snooping with baby monitor
The Associated Press has more on a situation that I mentioned yesterday on phiprivacy.net involving employee snooping in a hospital environment. But in this case, employees were both the potential snoopees as well as the snoopers: A University of Iowa hospital supervisor abruptly left employment Thursday as the school announced it had disciplined two employees…