Jesse Emspak reports: A group of Verizon technicians is appealing a court decision that upheld the company’s right to use global positioning system devices to track employees’ whereabouts. The appeal was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. In the original suit, filed in Massachusetts District Court July 2009, the workers…
Category: Workplace
Turkish judges cannot have privacy, says minister
The Justice Ministry is secretly collecting information about the personal habits of candidate judges and prosecutors, a top official has admitted in response to a question by a parliamentary deputy from the main opposition. Keeping such records is in line with Turkish law, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said, according to a Sunday report in daily…
Ontario privacy watchdog to appeal email ruling
Joseph Brean reports: Ontario’s privacy commissioner is seeking leave to appeal a recent court ruling that says private emails on workplace email systems are not covered by freedom of information laws. In overturning a decision of the commission, the Ontario Divisional Court ruled this month that the purpose of Ontario’s access to information laws is…
Doctor sex misconduct cases monitored in secrecy
Megan Twohey reports: A private program that has long kept secret watch over Illinois doctors receiving substance-abuse treatment is now monitoring health care professionals with sexual misconduct violations — including some convicted of crimes. Begun several decades ago by the state’s doctors’ lobby, the Illinois Professionals Health Program has drawn criticism for the off-the-books nature…