In article ,
Mark wrote:

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:25:33 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
wrote:

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:38:26 -0500, "Dave C." wrote:

Why is it OK for an employer to monitor their adult employees but not
OK for a mother to monitor her minor child?


Because the employer makes you sign all your rights away as a condition of
employment.

And a minor child has no rights to begin with.

Although I agree this is how it should be - the courts have decided otherwise
in this particular case.

This conversation has gotten weird.

I read the article again, and it does NOT say that a parent
eavesdropping on their child is illegal. The mother in question has not
been charged with any crime.

What the court ruled was that information gathered this way was not
admissable in a court of law in a case involving a third party.

The admissability of evidence often has nothing to do with whether the
activity itself was illegal. In the most blatent example I can think
of, it is perfectly legal for a person's spouse to tell them they've
committed a crime; however, information gathered that way can NOT be
used as evidence in a criminal trial.

Nor was there any indication that the mother recorded the call, or had a
wire tap -- she listened in on it. Her testemony about what she HEARD
was declared inadmissable.

So, if it seems necessary, I say continue to listen in on conversations
being held on your phone in your house.
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