Although Mark Sherman of the Associated Press reports that it sounds like the Supreme Court justices will find for the employer in this important workplace text-message privacy case, Orin Kerr had a somewhat different take on how oral argument went: […] Justice Breyer focused on the reasonableness of the search (Step 2 of the O’Connor…
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Immigration reform could lead to biometric Social Security card
Antonio Olivo reports that problems with the E-verify system have led two senators to proposed biometric SSN cards – to the consternation of privacy and civil liberties groups: … Two U.S. senators prominent in immigration reform efforts have proposed that all Americans be issued biometric Social Security cards, containing data from either a fingerprint or…
Health insurance industry driving employer to fire specific people for a better group rate
Maryann Tobin writes: If America needed any more evidence that the health insurance industry has taken over the US economy, one only need look as far as a small city in Florida. The Mayor there wants to fire employees who use tobacco in the privacy of their own homes, so the city can get a…
City of Ontario v. Quon: The Rights of Other Parties to the Communication
Dan Solove has some additional comments on Ontario v. Quon, in response to comments by Orin Kerr: I blogged about City of Ontario v. Quon a few days ago, and I want to raise another important issue in the case, one my colleague Orin Kerr has astutely pointed out. The case is on appeal to…