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lemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 7 months ago

N.J. worker loses job after objecting to surveillance camera pointed at her desk, lawsuit says

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N.J. worker loses job after objecting to surveillance camera pointed at her desk, lawsuit says

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Amanda Glenn, a former program manager at the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts, alleges in court papers a colleague informed her in October 2023 about a concealed Ring camera, camouflaged with tape, positioned in the shared office space to monitor her work.
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      Except they have full control over those cameras and the footage they record.

      Anytime there’s misconduct they just refuse to release the footage or they turn off the camera.

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          Except even when they are filmed nothing happens, they just get paid leave or shuffled to another department.

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              That’s a fair point, I’m just skeptical how much of a difference a new tech gadget can make on systemic issues.

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            At least then the victim’s family can get a wrongful death payout. It would be even better if they abolished qualified immunity.

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      It’s fine for cops to have less privacy than normal workers, considering they are given much more responsibility and power.

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      Those cameras aren’t pointing at them. This was pointed at her.

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        They are recording what the police do and say. It clearly doesn’t make a difference that the camera is technically pointing away from them. Do you think this person would have been ok with wearing a corporate bodycam because it isn’t pointing at her? No obviously not.

        The thing that is different is that police have control of it, and they generally only use it in public where there’s no expectation of privacy, and they’re the bloody police and have guns and kill people!

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