5-30-2014
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Woman's Facebook Post Leads to Police Ticket
Anything you post on Facebook can (and sometimes will) come back to haunt you. Chicago-area resident Christine Adamski discovered that the hard way when she received a police citation in the mail because of a comment she wrote on the social networking site.
The letter from the Will County Forest Preserve District stated that Adamski had brought her dog to the Whalon Lake Dog Park in Naperville, Ill., without a permit and included an application for the permit, a ticket for $50, and a printout of Adamskis Facebook post "admitting her guilt."
The post read, I was feeling bad that I havent bought a pass and been bringing Ginger there but Im pretty glad I havent. So not going to worry about it until later.
However, Adamski, who lives in the town of Bolingbrook, says she did not bring her dog to the park at any time in 2014 and that the police simply misinterpreted her Facebook post. I laughed, she told the Chicago Tribune. I was like, this is totally untrue. Obviously Im not going to pay this. Adamski wrote about the citation on the dog park's Facebook page: Thats dead wrong. I havent gone there since 2013! Yahoo Shine could not reach Adamski for comment.
The police department ultimately acquiesced, rescinding the $50 ticket. Normally, we would investigate the issue with a followup phone call or possibly a home visit, but since proper protocol wasnt followed, we didnt pursue the matter
In regard to this case, lawyer Heather Hansen recently told Fox Business that people have no reasonable expectation of privacy with regard to your public posts, and even your private posts are subject to searches, possibly without your knowledge. She added that people should approach social media as if whatever you do will be viewed as if it is on TV.
https://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/f...--tracey-phillips--bolingbrook-173323719.html
Woman's Facebook Post Leads to Police Ticket
Anything you post on Facebook can (and sometimes will) come back to haunt you. Chicago-area resident Christine Adamski discovered that the hard way when she received a police citation in the mail because of a comment she wrote on the social networking site.
The letter from the Will County Forest Preserve District stated that Adamski had brought her dog to the Whalon Lake Dog Park in Naperville, Ill., without a permit and included an application for the permit, a ticket for $50, and a printout of Adamskis Facebook post "admitting her guilt."
The post read, I was feeling bad that I havent bought a pass and been bringing Ginger there but Im pretty glad I havent. So not going to worry about it until later.
However, Adamski, who lives in the town of Bolingbrook, says she did not bring her dog to the park at any time in 2014 and that the police simply misinterpreted her Facebook post. I laughed, she told the Chicago Tribune. I was like, this is totally untrue. Obviously Im not going to pay this. Adamski wrote about the citation on the dog park's Facebook page: Thats dead wrong. I havent gone there since 2013! Yahoo Shine could not reach Adamski for comment.
The police department ultimately acquiesced, rescinding the $50 ticket. Normally, we would investigate the issue with a followup phone call or possibly a home visit, but since proper protocol wasnt followed, we didnt pursue the matter
In regard to this case, lawyer Heather Hansen recently told Fox Business that people have no reasonable expectation of privacy with regard to your public posts, and even your private posts are subject to searches, possibly without your knowledge. She added that people should approach social media as if whatever you do will be viewed as if it is on TV.
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