Boris Segalis writes: 2010 arguably was a breakout year for consumer privacy in the U.S., but the year also brought about significant changes to the legal landscape of employee privacy. Federal and state court decisions, state legislation and agency actions suggest that the U.S. may be moving towards a greater level of privacy protection for…
Category: Workplace
NY: Judge rules Dept. of Education can release names, job rankings of public school teachers
Jose Martinez reports: A Manhattan judge ruled Monday that the Department of Education can release the names and job rankings of more than 12,000 public school teachers. The decision by Justice Cynthia Kern is a blow to the United Federation of Teachers, which tried to block the DOE from making the internal ratings system public….
Michigan court ruling on privacy may hurt public’s right to know
Ron Dzwonkowski reports: In one of the last acts of its short-lived Democratic majority, the Michigan Supreme Court did some potential damage to the public’s right to know, in a ruling about the privacy of what public employees do on public time with publicly provided communications systems. The court ought to reconsider this decision before…
CA: Judge throws fuel on battle over officer privacy
Ali Winston reports: In the last few days of 2010, a Los Angeles judge issued a critical opinion in the ongoing struggle over privacy between law enforcement unions and civil liberties advocates. On December 30, Judge Joseph Di Loreto barred the release of the names of Long Beach Police Department officers in response to a Public…