Ontario Police Text Message Search Illegal

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ONTARIO - A federal appeals court has ruled the Ontario Police Department violated the privacy rights of several of its employees by reviewing text messages they sent on city-issued pagers.

The decision, issued Wednesday by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, overturned a lower court's ruling in the case and bolstered the rights of workers across the country to be free from unreasonable searches by their bosses.

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Ontario Police Text Message Search Illegal

"In today's age, where you have mass electronic communication going on everywhere, this is certainly good for all employees," sa...

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