:: True Stories
 1)
In July 2002 an Ohio man staying in Knoxville at a major
hotel chain found a hidden camera in a bathroom light fixture.
He discovered the small video camera after noticing a tiny
black spot. He thought it was an insect, but it turned out
to be a hole in the fixture that concealed a video camera.
2) July 2003 Overton County
Tennessee parents, upset that their children were filmed
undressing in school locker rooms have filed suit, charging
that school officials allowed surveillance cameras to be
installed and then failed to secure the images.
3) A woman who says she noticed a
video camera in the ceiling of the bathroom of a franchised
toy is suing the retailer for invasion of privacy. She noticed
a hole in the ceiling above the commode while visiting the
suburban Atlanta store on March 21, 2003.
4) August 2004, Ithaca, New York -
A college student called police after discovering a pinhole
camera in the bathroom of the apartment she shared with
three women, and now her landlord is charged with unlawful
surveillance. The landlord faces four counts of unlawful
video surveillance, a felony that can draw up to four years
in prison. He also owns several rental properties near Cornell
University. Police said they searched two other apartments
and found two pinhole cameras and several video recordings
of at least four students.
5) Guilty verdicts in 16 electronic
eavesdropping cases were returned in Lenawee County Circuit
Court against the owner of a tanning salon. The proprietor
was arrested after police on Feb. 27 found a hidden camera
in the tanning room and five tapes of customers. |
