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A Paycheck, But No Privacy, for Workers (09/03/1999)
WASHINGTON -- An anonymous letter-writer to the Washington Post vented recently about the Big Brother atmosphere in her job as an administrative assistant at a major hospital. After several months, she wrote, "I learned I constantly was being watched via a two-way mirror, my phone calls and voice-mail messages were being monitored, and my computer files were being reviewed."

New ACLU Report Debunks Workplace Urine Testing, Citing High Costs, Low Dividends, Junk Science (09/01/1999)
NEW YORK -- In a special report issued today, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging corporate America to drop workplace urine testing, citing evidence that the tests do not pay dividends in decreased accidents and absenteeism or increased efficiency and productivity.

Gotcha! Snoopware on the Job (08/02/1999)
BALTIMORE, MD -- If you use the company computer for lovey-dovey e-mail, sprucing up your resume or snapping up stocks through E*Trade, Big Browser may be watching, the Baltimore Sun reports. And there's little you can do to stop it.

Vast Employment Database Concerns Privacy Advocates (07/26/1999)
WASHINGTON, DC -- Employers are giving millions of employment and salary records to outside companies that share the data with landlords and others, raising alarm among privacy experts, USA Today reported.

Utah Impounds Tow-Truck Drivers' Liberties (07/16/1999)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Despite civil liberties concerns, Salt Lake County became the first in their state to investigate the backgrounds of the tow truck drivers who transport cars from accidents and crime scenes, the Salt Lake Tribune reported today.

Hair Tests: Unreliable and Discriminatory (06/27/1999)
NEW YORK -- Three years ago, Jerome McCall, 30, was kicked off the police force after failing the Police Department's new hair test for drugs. Samples of his hair tested positive for cocaine, but McCall insists that he is innocent -- and that the tests discriminate against African-Americans, the New York Daily News reported today.