Court Strikes Down Bathroom Cameras
Author: Carlton Purvis, Published on Jun 13, 2013
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Comments (2)
Carlton Purvis
This came over the wires today: "Restaurant under fire for spying on customers in bathroom with surveillance cameras." And the restaurant says they're not taking them down.
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Undisclosed #1
I would say this is going to lead to a lawsuit but since this is Texas, it might be a shootout...
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