Eric Goldman blogs about Amira Jabbar v. Travel Services: Plaintiff brought a hostile work environment claim against her employer. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that the employer failed to properly investigate derogatory comments made on Facebook. […] The court rejects plaintiff’s claims on summary judgment. With respect to the Facebook comment, the court finds that…
Category: Workplace
Pittsburgh settles lawsuit over exposing confidential medical info
Joe Smydo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that one of two federal lawsuits recently settled by the Pittsburgh City Council involved a breach of confidential medical information both in a public meeting and online. Although this is a settlement and not a court or jury decision, what’s interesting is that the basis for claim was violation…
IRS e-mail snoop’s wiretap conviction upheld
Bruce Vielmetti reports on the decision referred to in an earlier blog entry here today: David Szymuszkiewicz of Cudahy worked for the IRS in Racine. When his driver’s license was suspended over a drunken driving violaton in 2003, the veteran revenue officer worried he might lose his job. So he set his supervisor’s e-mail to forward all her e-mails…
UK: Another snooping scandal at the higher levels
If you’re following the Deutsche Telekom case in which the company is accused of illegally snooping on some of its own people, you may like this one… The Daily Telegraph has disclosed that [Justice Minister Jonathan] Djanogly hired a firm of private detectives to conduct an undercover investigation into his aides and colleagues. Derek Holley,…