Friday, November 15, 2024

NJ worker loses job after objecting to surveillance camera

A former supervisor for the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts has filed a lawsuit against the agency, accusing it of unlawful surveillance and privacy violations after the discovery of a hidden camera aimed at her desk.

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... Amanda Glenn, who worked for the agency as program manager, 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.

The camera was initially hidden behind a computer and later moved to a higher vantage point on a cabinet, aimed directly at her desk and that of another employee, Glenn claims in her lawsuit, filed in state court on Sept. 27.

Glenn contends that she had no prior knowledge of the device and never consented to being surveilled, asserting the intrusion violated her right to privacy. ...

Upper managers allegedly justified the camera's installation as a security measure to monitor individuals attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the office, according to the suit, which also claims that video recording of AA members at a meeting is illegal. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-15 02:35 PM

Young black Woman jettisoned for being Uppity.

She didn't "Know Her Place".

Old Timey subordinates got her canned.

American Reality.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-11-15 03:35 PM

@#2 ... American Reality. ...

More likely, MAGA reality.


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-15 03:43 PM

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