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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Courts - "GPS used to track fired NY state worker raises privacy issue"
The Sept. 16th story in the Albany NY Times-Union is subheaded "Fired state training manager contends use of tracking device violated his rights." The story began:
ALBANY -- How far can state government go in keeping tabs on its employees?That's the question a mid-level appeals court will consider in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union against the state Labor Department, in the case of a fired state worker who was tracked with a GPS device that investigators secretly attached to his personal car.
"GPS technology involves an unprecedented degree of government intrusion," said Corey Stoughton, the NYCLU lawyer representing Michael Cunningham, a former state Department of Labor training manager.
Cunningham's battle with the agency, first reported in the Times Union in 2010, began years ago with his contention that he was punished for blowing the whistle on pressure placed on employees to attend a prayer breakfast sponsored by then-Gov. George Pataki.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 18, 2011 09:47 AM
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