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The Supreme Court courtroom in the new Judicial Branch Building in Des Moines. (Gazette file photo)

Supreme Court ruling allows two women to sue former employer for invasion of privacy

Suspicious of possible drug use, employer put camera in unisex bathroom, but camera never worked properly 2

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday a video camera hidden in a bathroom by an insurance agent doesn’t have to produce images for two employees to believe it’s an invasion of their privacy. The two women, Sara Koeppel and Deanna Miller, can move forward with lawsuits they filed against Robert Speirs in 2006 in Black [...]

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Casey's General Store sign.

Former Casey’s employee says company violated her privacy

Lawsuit claims camera installed in room she used to pump breast milk

Casey’s General Stores Inc. has been sued by a former employee who says a video camera was placed in an office she’d been using to express breast milk. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports Stepheni Salz gave birth in March. Her lawsuit says that when she returned to work at a Casey’s store in Garner, [...]

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Tiny spy planes could mimic birds, insects

JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — You’ll never look at hummingbirds the same again. The Pentagon has poured millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones inspired by biology, each equipped with video and audio equipment that can record sights and sounds. They could be used to spy, but also to locate [...]

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Cedar Rapids man captures neighborhood events through his video camera 12

Robin Kash didn’t start out thinking he’d be a source for neighborhood and city news in Cedar Rapids. He just wanted to get to know his new community better. But after just a few weeks of bringing his video camera to neighborhood events and city council meetings and then posting the videos online, Kash, 69, [...]

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