http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/06/19/us-9th-circuit-protects-privacy-of-workers%e2%80%99-text-messages/ All About Mobile 2.0 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:07:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/06/19/us-9th-circuit-protects-privacy-of-workers%e2%80%99-text-messages/#comment-419468 John Kullman Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:19:21 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=3243#comment-419468 I haven't read the decision, so I don't know how far the privacy protections go. Sometimes disclaimers can cover a naked ass, like in some product liability cases. But a legal philosophical question arises. You can put a warning label on hamburger meat warning consumers that it must be refrigerated, but the people who don’t already know this are probable too stupid to be able to read the warning! My guess is the 9th Circuit is protecting dumb employees. I haven’t read the decision, so I don’t know how far the privacy protections go. Sometimes disclaimers can cover a naked ass, like in some product liability cases. But a legal philosophical question arises. You can put a warning label on hamburger meat warning consumers that it must be refrigerated, but the people who don’t already know this are probable too stupid to be able to read the warning! My guess is the 9th Circuit is protecting dumb employees.

]]> http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/06/19/us-9th-circuit-protects-privacy-of-workers%e2%80%99-text-messages/#comment-419438 Benjamin Wright Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:36:09 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=3243#comment-419438 John: The Quon case may give employers incentive to use multiple, repetitive privacy disclaimers. What do you think? --Ben <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/06/employee-imtexte-mailvoicecomputerinter.html" rel="nofollow">http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/06/employee-imtexte-mailvoicecomputerinter.html</a> John: The Quon case may give employers incentive to use multiple, repetitive privacy disclaimers. What do you think? –Ben http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/06/employee-imtexte-mailvoicecomputerinter.html

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