From the U.K., where they have something comparable to our A.D.A. when it comes to employment discrimination based on disability: Cheltenham Borough Council has today lost its case to sue former employee Christine Laird for £1million for not disclosing her past experience of depression. Leading mental health charity Mind says the landmark ruling serves as…
Germany settles with Google over Street View
Germany has settled a dispute with internet giant Google over its Street View facility, meaning that photos of homes, shops and offices in Europe’s biggest nation will soon appear on Google Maps, an official said Wednesday. Although users of the website can currently see snapshots of British, French and other European streets, Germany has been…
FERPA: Brown wants student-privacy limits
Concerned that universities have gone too far to protect student privacy, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has called on federal education officials to make changes. The Ohio Democrat sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Education asking it to clean up the 35-year-old Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Brown joins a chorus of…
TN Court: grandson living in house had no expectation of privacy
FourthAmendment.com informs us of a court opinion in United States v. Cowart, Eastern District Tennessee that held that a grandson living in a grandparent’s house had no legally cognizable expectation of privacy. From the court opinion: Cowart had no property interest in the area in which he lived, whether a tenancy or freehold estate. While…