The California Supreme Court Monday rejected a lawsuit filed against a Southern California residential children’s center by two clerical workers who learned there was a surveillance camera hidden in their office. The camera and a related motion detector were set up by officials at the Hillsides Children’s Center in Los Angeles County in 2002 in…
Bank fingerprinting goes much too far
The Nashua Telegraph editors have published an editorial opposing the use of the Thumbprint Signature Program for bank security. They write, in part: There is no reason to doubt Bank of America’s claim that the fingerprints are kept on check images stored only on the bank’s computers, and that those images are never provided to…
Impersonation by National Insurance inspectors legal
The Tel Aviv District Labor Court has ruled that it is permissible for National Insurance Institute investigators to impersonate the employees of a public body and photographing a person who has applied for, or receives, a disability pension, in order to verify that person’s true medical condition. Read more on Globes.
Gibtelecom: Come back with a warrant
The Royal Gibraltar Police has been demanding that Gibtelecom supply them with subscriber information without a court order or search warrant. Gibtelecom have refused. Contacted by PANORAMA, chief executive officer Tim Bristow said that Gibtelecom, like its predecessors Nynex and Gibtel, “have only ever provided the Police with access to subscribers’ telecommunications data on the…