Joseph Lazzarotti writes: Mr. Degel [of the TV show Restaurant Stakeout] is no doubt an exciting and informative host, but it was not his management advice (which may have been very good) that kept me watching. The level of monitoring employed by the show is indicative of the growing level of surveillance going on at…
Category: Workplace
Louisiana Passes Personal Online Account Privacy Protection Act
Thomas Ahearn reports: Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has signed House Bill 340 (HB 340), the Personal Online Account Privacy Protection Act into law to prohibit employers in the state from requesting or requiring access to the personal online accounts of job applicants or employees effective immediately. The full text of HB 340, the Personal Online…
Workplace Privacy: State Snooping Produces a Second Lawsuit
Marlene Kennedy reports: A New York Department of Labor worker, who was fired and got his job back because his bosses had snooped on him, wants his job back after being fired a second time. In terminating him again, Michael A. Cunningham claims, the department failed to carry out a review of his first firing…
Workplace Privacy: Big Wiretap Mess for South Bend Police
Courthouse News reports: Four South Bend, Ind., police officers claim a City Council member defamed them after listening to illegal wiretaps of their conversations. Brian Young, Dave Wells, Steve Richmond and Tim Corbett sued South Bend, its Common Council, and Councilor Henry Davis, in St. Joseph County Court. The 5-page lawsuit does not identify the…