Kevin Rawlinson reports: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said a firm that read a worker’s Yahoo Messenger chats sent while he was at work was within its rights. Judges said he breached the company’s rules and that his employer had a right to check he was completing his work. Such policies must also protect…
Category: Workplace
Chicago police must finally produce stingray records, judge orders
Cyrus Farivar reports: A local activist has won an important intermediary step in his legal quest to force the Chicago Police Department (CPD) to produce documents that fully explain the department’s use of cell-site simulators, also known as IMSI catchers. In a Monday opinion in Martinez v. Chicago Police Department, Cook County Circuit Judge Kathleen Kennedydenied the city’s motion…
UK: Outrage sparked by Daily Telegraph use of employee-tracking devices
Cara Waters reports that the newspaper has quickly removed tracking devices from journalists’ desks after a backlash from unions and staff. Did they somehow now think that journalists might not mention or report on the surveillance?? Britain’s Daily Telegraph has sparked outrage from unions and staff after installing workplace monitors on journalists’ desks. Buzzfeed UK reported employees came into work on…
Attempt to Unmask Online Reviewer Denied
Jason C. Gavejian of Jackson Lewis comments on a recent decision by the Delaware Superior Court in a lawsuit brought by SunEnergy1 that sought to unmask an anonymous commenter on Glassdoor.com. The suit had been filed against a named former employee, and after filing suit: Plaintiffs served an out-of-state subpoena on Glassdoor in Delaware and ultimately filed…