Without a doubt, this has to be one of the weirdest workplace-related privacy lawsuits I have come across, even though the complaint doesn’t specifically mention privacy. Jamie Ross of Courthouse News reports: An attorney says he was forced to quit his job after a law firm docked his pay because he refused to go to…
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Snooping on a snoop: RCMP installed hidden cameras in Montreal detective’s HQ
RCMP investigators testified in court Thursday how they installed hidden cameras to spy on detectives suspected of snooping into confidential databases then passing that information along to criminals. Montreal police detective Mario Lambert is accused of unlawfully retrieving information about license plates and car ownerships in exchange for payments from criminals. In court, RCMP investigators…
Anonymous Employee Dirt, Soon Available on You?
Danielle Citron writes: On Sunday, I posted about laws that prohibit employers from consulting certain information about job applicants, from credit reports to Facebook pages and Google search results. These laws seek to forestall unwarranted assumptions and bias. They proceed on the notion that credit history and Facebook postings have little to tell us about…
Former Lorain cop sues over search
Brad Dicken reports on a case in Ohio where a police officer is suing over what he claims was an illegal search and seizure: Former Lorain police officer Joseph Montelon sued the city, Lorain Police Chief Cel Rivera and two other police officers in federal court on Friday, accusing them of violating his constitutional rights…