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Best Buy Geek Squad employees 'posted woman's nude photos
Online after working on her computer'
- Student sues after staff removed pictures while repairing her laptop
By Paul Thompson, 13 August 2013
A student is suing Best Buy after claiming a member of their Geek Squad posted her nude photos on the internet after working on her computer.
Nicole March, a University of Alabama student, is said to have been left 'devastated and humiliated' after the photographs appeared online.
According to the lawsuit the student took her laptop computer to a Best Buy store in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for repair.
The laptop, which had a problem with the hard drive, was worked on by one of the technicians at the store who was part of the Geek Squad in August 2011.
Nine months later Ms March, who also had a part time job at the Best Buy, was told by a co-worker that nude photos of her were circulating on the internet.
The lawsuit claims that a Geek Squad employee took the photos from her computer, uploaded them to the internet and also linked them on a file-sharing site.
The lawsuit says that the photos were part of the plaintiff's class work at the university where she was studying the human form.
The lawsuit states: 'In her artistic endeavors and with an interest in the human body, plaintiff [Ms March] has, from time to time, had professional and privately made nude photographs of herself which she stored on her personal computer for private, personal and professional reference and use.'
Ms March went to the police to complain, but no action was ever taken against the Geek Squad member.
The lawsuit stated that managers at the store identified the culprit, but asked Ms March not to inquire about their identity.
The lawsuit added: 'This conduct was utterly reprehensible and cannot be tolerated in a civilized society where a customer entrusts her computer to a service for repair and rescue only to have sensitive and private data, images, and information uploaded to public links for use by strangers and the public at large.'
Her lawyer, Stephen Hennigen, said: 'In this day in society we've got to do everything we can to protect privacy and that's the purpose of this suit.'
The lawsuit said Best Buy invaded her privacy and that the company was negligent in the supervision and training of its employees.
In seeking damages the lawsuit said Ms March has been caused to suffer mental anguish, embarrassment, and humiliation 'from now knowing these private and sensitive photos have been published and made accessible to untold and innumerable persons for improper use and viewing.'
A spokesman for Best Buy said they were waiting for a copy of the lawsuit.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mans-nude-photos-online-working-computer.html
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Just disgusting! Now she will sue their pants off, and post it online!
Online after working on her computer'
- Student sues after staff removed pictures while repairing her laptop
By Paul Thompson, 13 August 2013
A student is suing Best Buy after claiming a member of their Geek Squad posted her nude photos on the internet after working on her computer.
Nicole March, a University of Alabama student, is said to have been left 'devastated and humiliated' after the photographs appeared online.
According to the lawsuit the student took her laptop computer to a Best Buy store in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for repair.
The laptop, which had a problem with the hard drive, was worked on by one of the technicians at the store who was part of the Geek Squad in August 2011.
Nine months later Ms March, who also had a part time job at the Best Buy, was told by a co-worker that nude photos of her were circulating on the internet.
The lawsuit claims that a Geek Squad employee took the photos from her computer, uploaded them to the internet and also linked them on a file-sharing site.
The lawsuit says that the photos were part of the plaintiff's class work at the university where she was studying the human form.
The lawsuit states: 'In her artistic endeavors and with an interest in the human body, plaintiff [Ms March] has, from time to time, had professional and privately made nude photographs of herself which she stored on her personal computer for private, personal and professional reference and use.'
Ms March went to the police to complain, but no action was ever taken against the Geek Squad member.
The lawsuit stated that managers at the store identified the culprit, but asked Ms March not to inquire about their identity.
The lawsuit added: 'This conduct was utterly reprehensible and cannot be tolerated in a civilized society where a customer entrusts her computer to a service for repair and rescue only to have sensitive and private data, images, and information uploaded to public links for use by strangers and the public at large.'
Her lawyer, Stephen Hennigen, said: 'In this day in society we've got to do everything we can to protect privacy and that's the purpose of this suit.'
The lawsuit said Best Buy invaded her privacy and that the company was negligent in the supervision and training of its employees.
In seeking damages the lawsuit said Ms March has been caused to suffer mental anguish, embarrassment, and humiliation 'from now knowing these private and sensitive photos have been published and made accessible to untold and innumerable persons for improper use and viewing.'
A spokesman for Best Buy said they were waiting for a copy of the lawsuit.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mans-nude-photos-online-working-computer.html
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Just disgusting! Now she will sue their pants off, and post it online!
