The Associated Press reports: Wisconsin government employees can safely send personal e-mail messages on their work computers without worrying that they will have to make them public, under a ruling Friday by the state Supreme Court. The court ruled that just because a public employee uses a work computer to send an e-mail, it doesn’t…
Category: Youth & Schools
Perdue sues MU board, professor
Bill Rosenberger reports: The daughter of state Treasurer John Perdue has sued the Marshall University Board of Governors and her former professor, Laura Wyant, charging that her name and some information about her grades were made public. The civil complaint, filed Friday in the Circuit Court of Cabell County, states on or about Sept. 25,…
IE: Methods of collecting school data to be revised
Sean Flynn reports: The Department of Education says it will revise its arrangements for collecting information from schools after the Data Protection Commission warned it could be in breach of legislation. In discussions with the commission earlier this year, the department confirmed it would seek parental consent in relation to the collection of sensitive personal…
Burnsville man charged with taking hundreds of secret photos of girls
Joy Powell reports: A Burnsville man is suspected of taking hundreds of photos of unwitting girls’ inner thighs and panties at public libraries, parks, the Minnesota Zoo and in his neighborhood, court documents say. Dean K. Lindo, 38, is charged with five counts of “interference with privacy,” a felony, for allegedly holding a camera and…