Sex chat on stolen laptop protected by privacy laws?

Let me see if I have this right - A woman uses a stolen laptop to have a video sex chat, and when an investigator trying to recover the computer shares this information with the police it is considered to be a violation of her privacy? And now she’s suing?

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Couple Can Sue Laptop-Tracking Company for Spying on Sex Chats

U.S. District Judge Walter Rice ruled last week against Absolute Software, which provides software and services for tracking stolen computers. Absolute sought a summary judgment in its favor, insisting that one of its theft recovery agents acted properly when he captured sexually explicit images of Susan Clements-Jeffrey communicating via webcam with her boyfriend and passed them to police in an effort to recover the stolen computer.

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