Claire Lintingre reports: The French Supreme Court recently ruled that an employer could not rely on the report of a private detective it had hired to spy on one of its employees to obtain an injunction against him because this was a breach of the employee’s privacy and that could not be justified, however legitimate…
Category: Workplace
Federal Court Green Lights NYC’s Warrantless GPS Surveillance of Taxi Drivers, Denying Them Fourth Amendment Protections While on the Job
From the Rutherford Institute: A federal appeals court has upheld New York City’s program of warrantless and continuous GPS surveillance of taxi drivers, ruling that drivers are not protected by the Fourth Amendment’s bar on unreasonable searches and seizures when on the job. The Rutherford Institute appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on…
IPT fines Police Scotland for communications breach of privacy
Fiona O’Cleirigh reports: The UK’s top intelligence court has ordered Police Scotland to pay £10,000 to a former officer after finding that the force unlawfully obtained his communications data, as well as that of other officers. In the 8 August 2016 judgement, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which heard the case in Scotland on 22 July 2016, ruled that…
EFF and ACLU-led Coalition Opposes Dangerous “Model” Employee and Student “Privacy” Legislation
Jamie Williams of EFF writes: EFF, ACLU, and a coalition of nearly two-dozen civil liberties and advocacy organizations and a union representative are urging the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) to vote down dangerous model employee and student privacy legislation. The bill, the Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act (ESOPPA), is ostensibly aimed at protecting…