Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Sometimes I feel like, somebody's watching me...
Gail Nelson of Salem tries to make time to exercise. She used to do that by walking to and from Salem State College, where she's a clerical worker. She had to change into her work clothes at the office, but she didn't mind. She was usually the first person to arrive and the last to leave, so she just ducked into a high-walled cubicle.
Then she heard about the camera.
Her immediate supervisor had set up a video camera to watch for intruders. But when Nelson's clothes-changing was captured on tape, she said, the boss didn't tell her she was being watched. A co-worker clued her in.
"I would go behind the screen, where the cameras were, and change my clothes," said Nelson. "They knew that I did that. What reason was there not to tell me? There was none."
But Nelson's boss had no obligation to tell her she was being captured on film. She sued the college for invasion of privacy, but lost. The case is on appeal. The college refused to comment.
READ: Watch yourself -- you might be monitored
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