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To: thomas a. burke who wrote (2457)	7/20/1998 12:15:00 PM
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Scumholz: A man who's word can be trusted. This article is available on the "Electronic Library" Database. Suit Over Restroom Camera ( Newsday ) Suit Over Restroom Camera By Elizabeth Wasserman. STAFF WRITER A 26-year-old Lindenhurst woman who worked as a bookkeeper at a West Babylon warehouse thought something strange was going on when she saw a red light twinkling in what she thought was a heating unit in the ladies' room. On closer examination, Carol Gennaro alleges in a lawsuit filed yesterday, she discovered it was a surveillance camera connected to a telemonitor in a male vice president's office. "She feels violated," said her attorney, Michael Glass of Melville. "She feels like something's been taken from her." Gennaro has since resigned from KOOL-GLO Industries, an automotive accessories warehouse at 33B Dubon Ct. She reported the alleged surveillance activities to Suffolk County police on June 14. After an investigation, First Squad Sgt. Gail Schaarschmidt said, police confiscated some surveillance cameras and other equipment from the company and reported the case to the Suffolk District Attorney and the U.S. Attorney's Office. But, authorities said, due to the lack of laws prohibiting the use of such surveillance technology in the workplace and the reluctance of other employees to press the matter, neither the company nor any of its officers have been accused of criminal wrongdoing. According to the lawsuit, filed yesterday in State Supreme Court in Riverhead, Gennaro alleges that "hidden cameras" and "video equipment" were installed "for the purpose of permitting the employees of the defendants, and specifically defendant Spencer Krumholz, to surreptitiously view and/or record the activities and conduct of female employees and visitors using the aforesaid ladies' room." The camera was allegedly positioned to view both inside and outside the toilet stalls. Krumholz, a KOOL-GLO vice president, did not return phone calls. Chuck Gitlin, also a vice president, denied yesterday that any videotaping of employees in the women's restroom was conducted by the company. He said the company has "routine surveillance cameras" in the rear of the building and in the warehouse to prevent theft and said he "was not aware" of any cameras taken from the restrooms. A woman who idenitified herself as the company's customer relations manager said there was "no videotaping at all . . . And I would know if there was any videotaping." However, she declined to discuss if there were cameras in the restroom. The lawsuit seeks $1 million in damages for "mental anguish, embarrassment, humiliation and extreme emotional upset" and $3 million in punitive damages. Copyright 1993, Newsday Inc. Elizabeth Wasserman, Suit Over Restroom Camera., Newsday, 07-10-1993, pp 03. Looks like the old boy got lucky on this one. W.B.