Careful where you aim that camera if you are an employer. Starwood Hotels lost $3 MILLION in a civil suit filed by one of its employees because they spied on his workstation using a hidden camera.
According to the story on Gadling

Apparently, the hotel set up a hidden camera to watch 46-year-old Moises Mendez, a baker at the Westin Hotel at Times Square, following repeated complaints from Mendez that he was being discriminated by the hotel.[...]

After a month-long process, a jury found Starwood guilty of unlawful retaliation and ordered the hotel to pay Mendez $1 million for his emotional distress, pain and suffering, and $2 million in punitive damages.

In an era when employers, governments, organizations both public and private, are tightening surveillance and restrictions over our daily lives I find this verdict to be a refreshing win for freedom! THIS is an example of the type of photography that we do not condone.

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