Thursday, March 10, 2011

(Updates) SpyCam Man and the Expensive Teddy Bear

Two neighboring states.
Two children involved.
Two types of justice.
Fair and equal?
You decide...

KS - A Saline County man was sentenced to probation Tuesday, after admitting he used hidden cameras to secretly videotape family members. The sentence was on charges of sexual exploitation of a child and eavesdropping... The man lived at the home with his wife, stepdaughter and step-granddaughter, said his attorney. (more)
Probation?!?!

NE - Digital recording tools are so cheap and simple to use that it's easy to deploy them without thinking through the consequences. A Nebraska mother and grandfather found this out the hard way last month when they were hit with a combined $120,000 penalty for wiretapping after sticking an audio recorder inside a young girl's favorite teddy bear.

Though the mother claimed only to be concerned with her child's welfare, the judge found that the indiscriminate use of the recording device had violated the privacy of numerous people, each of whom were entitled to $10,000. (more)