Any law students out there? I used to work for a fortune 500 company,and after a discussion with the "safety director",at work about the things I found disturbing about the Bush administration,he said that I was a terrorist if I did not go along with everything the president was doing, and that he was going to have me watched. I didn't believe him. He had cameras put in my house (bathroom and all)and a tracker in my car!Several months later I was terminated for making a terrorist statement,I never got to find out what the statement was,or who my accuser was,but I was led off the property by the police.! Just for the record I am a 48 year old white man ,a Democrat,born and raised(work) in Texas, and have not, nor would EVER,do anything the least,terroristic or destructive in any way to my beloved country. It's been a while but it still haunts me. I don't have piece of mind anymore nor do I feel I have privacy at all.I am not crazy.I am just asking for advice,not abuse!
2007-10-13 09:21:14 · 22 answers · asked by studdmuffynn 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This never happened ... there is no way on earth this would even be remotely possible. Either you know its untrue, or you really do think it happened to you ... in which case you are either trying to stoke hostile opinions of the 'Evil Bush Administration' by making up such an outrageous story, or you are schizophrenic (or maybe both).
Any self reasoning person would know a business putting monitoring cameras in an employee's house (and in the bathroom no less) is beyond illegal ... that is why I know you are just making this up ... thats like a complete no brainer.
I'm sorry if this sounds a little harsh to a lot of people on here, but I can see right through what this person is trying to do, and it sickens me ... the fact that you throw around words like 'democrat' and ' terrorist' to garner support for the cogency of your so-called situation sends up obvious red flags in my book ...
2007-10-13 09:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by blursd2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any legal training but I would have to say that it is illegal for your employer to monitor you in your own home or your own car. I would say that it is illegal for them to monitor you anywhere outside the office. I would say that for them to put hidden cameras inside your home & monitors in your car they illegally broke into your property because not even the police or the FBI for that matter can enter your home or car without a search warrant. If the law can't do it without a court order then what makes it legal for your boss to do it. If you get pulled over in your car you can refuse to let them look into any locked compartment if they do not have a search warrant. I know most people don't have anything to hide in their glove compartment or their trunk but it is the law that you can refuse to let them look without a search warrant. They could hold you there until they get 1 though. Just because you believe in everyones right of privacy does not make you a terrorist. Sadly in the world today there are extremists that think that we should all have some kind of tracking chips implanted in everyone & that no one has the right to any privacy. If I were you I would've headed straight to a lawyer to sue. If you are fired you have that right to know exactly why you were fired. You can sue for harrassment, unlawful firing, or firing for no good reason. You can have him arrested for installing cameras in your home & tracking devices in your car, but you would have to show some kind of proof that he did all that. Even if you can't find proof about that other stuff you can still sue about him firing you. Also calling someone a terrorist without proof is defirmation of character & you can sue for that also.
2007-10-13 09:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by VIKKI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isn't legal to bug you without your written permission. My husband use to work for a company in Texas that did top secret defense work and he had to have a super high government clerance. He was required to sign papers that said something to the effect that if there was reason to believe that he was a spy or something like that, they could tap the phone and stuff like that. But there had to be valid reasons before they could do that. That was before we were together, and I don't know how valid that would have been after we were married as I never signed any such papers and they would have been bugging me too.
2007-10-13 09:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by Sara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you know you can sue that company for invasion of privacy plus you said you arent terrorist so i would say a count of false accuseing plus invasion of privacy.
2007-10-13 09:26:27 · answer #4 · answered by danst852004 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This sounds all illegal to me. Have you contacted police? A lawyer? I would take legal action against their company...sounds like you have a very good case for a lawsuit.
2007-10-13 09:27:40 · answer #5 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm stunned by this. How did he put cameras in your house without your permission? and your car?
You need to get ahold of 60 Minutes or something. This would be the story of the year!
Go public!
2007-10-13 09:26:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
OK, unless you are working for the government and have a security clearance, or you are a complete paranoid nutcase, you have a case. Gather your evidence and get a good lawyer.
2007-10-13 09:25:32 · answer #7 · answered by Dan H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And when you "found" the cameras, and called the police to report your home had been broken in to, what did they do? What charges were filed?
2007-10-13 09:30:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not legal. You have grounds for a lawsuit, and for pressing charges against your employers.
Call your local ACLU branch, and they'd be happy to work with you.
2007-10-13 09:25:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow... this is way out of my league of understanding, but if I am understanding it correctly, then that is one rediculous safety director. And as a wild guess, I'd say that shouldn't be legal at all.
2007-10-13 09:25:11 · answer #10 · answered by jackbondnj 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋