Nov

20

Work Email: “I Always Feel Like … Somebody’s Watching Me”

Posted by: Paul M. Secunda | November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

No, this post is not about the singer Rockwell or that annoying Geico commercial, but about whether you should just assume that your boss monitors your email.
A new Wall Street Journal article suggests that is what exactly may be happening, but now there is some push back from employees and their advocates:
Big Brother is [...]

Apr

13

More Thoughts on Marriage

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

Sean Samis has posted a lengthy response to my post expressing “different” thoughts on the Iowa decision on same-sex marriage. I thank him for his response and, while I think he has got it wrong, he’d get a great grade for his efforts in my Law & Theology seminar or Wisconsin Supreme Court class and so [...]

Feb

26

Is Congress About to Require Home Users to Keep Wi-Fi Logs?

Posted by: Bruce E. Boyden | February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

According to this breathless story on CNET, sinister congressional forces are afoot attempting to impose a record-keeping requirement on home networks. But as I warn my Internet Law students every year, you just can’t rely on CNET posts on legislative developments, particularly the more sensational the headline. And that turns out to be true here [...]

Feb

17

Can You Bug Your Own Cellphone?

Posted by: Bruce E. Boyden | February 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

This recent post over at Consumerist caught my eye: A person loses his cell phone. Before he lost it, he set it up to blind-copy him on all emails sent from the cell phone. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that he did this (as the post recommends) as a “pretty brilliant low-tech security [...]

Jan

5

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Decides Important Video Privacy Case

Posted by: Bruce E. Boyden | January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Over on Concurring Opinions, Dan Solove reports on a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals case involving Wisconsin’s video voyeurism law, Wis. Stat. § 942.09(2)(am). The case is State v. Jahnke, 2007AP2130-CR (Dec. 30, 2008). Wisconsin is one of a number of states that have adopted such statutes, which generally bar videotaping someone without their consent [...]

Sep

13

Privacy Interests in Extremis

Posted by: Michael K. McChrystal | September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

In a fascinating case decided this week, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed the suppression of a video recording apparently showing a husband having sexual intercourse with his wife, a stroke victim who was unconscious and lived in a nursing home.  See State v. Johnson (Appeal No. 2007AP1485-CR, 9/11/2008).  The husband was charged with second [...]