A Canadian cinema has been fined C$10,000 for invasion of privacy when it searched a mother and daughter’s bags for video cameras, but instead pulled out birth control pills from the daughter’s purse. The mother had no idea. She sued. She won.

Staff at the theater were searching customers’ bags for video equipment that could be used for movie piracy.Security guards didn’t find any video equipment in the family’s bags, but did turn up a large selection of snack food, which they asked the family to take back to their vehicle, Lurie said.

“They did so willingly. But they continued the search of the bags and while searching they also uncovered some birth control pills belonging to the older daughter,” Lurie said.

“Needless to say the mother was not pleased to find out in this manner that her daughter had those pills in her possession.”

Source

Related Posts: On this day...

• Stanford researcher exposes Microsoft's Wi-Fi database - 2011
• Fan wearing LeBron Heat jersey kicked out of Cleveland Indians game - 2010
• Tron Legacy score contributions by Daft Punk leaked? - 2010
• How To Hijack "Every iPhone In The World" - 2009
• I now pronounce you monetized: A YouTube video case study - 2009
• Stormy Daniels' Political Advisor May Have Been Hit By Car Bomb - 2009
• CentOS main project administrator goes missing, holds sole control of domain, irc-server, and funds - 2009
• Cracked Windows 7 RTM Ultimate Activated with OEM SLP Master Product Key - 2009
• Cops suspended for Obama background check - 2009
• TSA Proud of Confiscating Non-Dangerous Items - 2008