Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
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Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
#2"[Deputy Dan Eggers] suggested that Henderson should "have a little respect" for people's privacy."
While this isn't yet SMBC-style irony, it will be soon:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/08/02/grou...
Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
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Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
#4I love the comment down the page blaming Obamacare for HIPAA.
The police obviously acted out of line here, but it's pretty difficult to come up with a general principle of how to deal with public recordings.
Of police and other officers of the state? Totally should be allowed. What if they're interacting with some member of the public, though? That person may well desire not to have their face associated with a confrontation with the police, for professional reasons and otherwise. On the other hand, a bystander recording a confrontation can provide the key piece of evidence that lets someone being victimized by the police get justice.
Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
#5I love the comment down the page blaming Obamacare for HIPAA. The police obviously acted out of line here, but it's pretty difficult to come up with a general principle of how to deal with public recordings. Of police and other officers of the state? Totally should be allowed. What if they're interacting with some member of the public, though? That person may well desire not to have their face associated with a confr…
> it's pretty difficult to come up with a general principle of how to deal with public recordings.
No, it's not. If you're in a public area, there is no expectation of privacy, period.
Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
#6I love the comment down the page blaming Obamacare for HIPAA. The police obviously acted out of line here, but it's pretty difficult to come up with a general principle of how to deal with public recordings. Of police and other officers of the state? Totally should be allowed. What if they're interacting with some member of the public, though? That person may well desire not to have their face associated with a confr…
They shouldn't be out in public.
The courts have routinely ruled that there is no expectation of privacy in public. This is why CCTV recordings are allowed.
Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
#7What a waste of taxpayer money... if we add up the costs of all of this BS (time spent by both cops and defendant, courts, attorneys, misc. paperwork), I'm sure it will be in the 10s of thousands of dollars.
Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
#8I love the comment down the page blaming Obamacare for HIPAA. The police obviously acted out of line here, but it's pretty difficult to come up with a general principle of how to deal with public recordings. Of police and other officers of the state? Totally should be allowed. What if they're interacting with some member of the public, though? That person may well desire not to have their face associated with a confr…
Public = Subject of whatever camera anyone wants to point at you.
Re: Man videotaped sheriff's deputies, got charged for it under HIPAA
#9On what planet is it illegal for your employer to videotape you on the job? The public employs these people, their attempt to prevent the public from documenting their activity is malfeasance in itself, on top of whatever malfeasance they were committing at the time they were videotaped.
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#10I'm confused what "does not qualify for a public defender" could possibly mean.