Showing posts with label Right to Privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Right to Privacy. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

California Appeals Court Holds That Public Speech Protection Law Cannot Be Used To Stifle Suit Against County

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In a victory for public employees, a California court of appeals shut down an attempt by the County to strike a sheriff's deputy's ...
Monday, October 12, 2015

New Law Bars Public Employers From Searching Cell Phones, Personal Devices Without Warrant

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On October 8, 2015, Governor Brown signed S.B. 178, the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalEPCA).   CalEPCA prevents a gov...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

PERB: Employers Must Meet and Confer Over On-The-Job Cameras

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In  Rio Honda Community College Dist .  (March 21, 2013) PERB Dec. No. 2313, PERB decided employers must meet and confer with labor associat...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Court Finds Employers Liable for Word-of-Mouth Invasion of Privacy

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In Ignat v. Yum Brands, Inc . (March 18, 2013) Case No. G046343, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled employees can sue when their empl...
Monday, January 23, 2012

US Supreme Court: Warrant Required for GPS Tracking

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In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court held that attaching a GPS device to a vehicle, and using it to monitor the vehicle’s movements on publi...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Court Dismisses DEA Agent's Lawsuit Over Leaked Shooting Video

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On January 17, 2012, the federal appellate court for the District of Columbia dismissed a privacy lawsuit brought by a DEA after a video of...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Court Upholds Peace Officers' Right to Sue Over Dissemination of Personnel Records

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In Olivera et al. v. Siemens, et al. , Case No. S-CV-0029390, the Placer County Superior Court upheld peace officers' right to seek redr...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Court Reaffirms Peace Officers' Constitutionally-Protected Right to Privacy While Partially Undressed

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Following the Ninth Circuit, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found a female deputy sheriff had a reasonable expectation of priva...