Court: Ignorance Of Facebook Privacy Settings Is No Excuse
Ignorance of Facebook’s privacy settings did not fly as an excuse in one courtroom, where a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and privacy invasion was dismissed.
Ignorance of Facebook’s privacy settings did not fly as an excuse in one courtroom, where a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and privacy invasion was dismissed.
Sophos’ Naked Security blog summarized the case by Texas emergency medical technician Robert J. Sumien against former employer medical transport company CareFlite.
Sumien’s ambulance partner, Jan Roberts, posted a comment on the Facebook wall of CareFlite employee Scott Schoenhardt saying that she wanted to slap a patient she had recently transported. Roberts then posted on her Facebook wall:
Yes, I DO get upset on some calls when my patient goes off in the house and I have to have a firefighter ride in with me because I fear for MY own safety.
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