How many RP'ers have attended a private function where you were required to 'check' your cell phone?

CSM Charles Hayden A Cell Phone is a Recording Device these days, It is capable of taking still Pictures and Video. If Company Confidential Material is being discussed it makes sense if anything Market Affecting it makes sense (I Do Some Security for Investment Banks). If that "Private" Function has the Capability of Embarrassing a Private Company, Organization or Club, as a Spook I Understand.

Property rights are important and the property owner has rights to regulate how their property is used. Of course you have the right to attend or not as a result. I do not think that Americans have too many rights. I think the opposite actually. Individual rights are slowly being eroded and that needs to stop. However, people need to remember that for every right there is an obligation and duty not to infringe upon others.

You don't have to have a private function or classified environment to see this. A lot of the "closed session" stuff for local governments, boards, etc. have these rules too wherein administrative disciplinary topics and other sensitive stuff if being addressed. Common at the courthouse too. So given that baseline, nothing can go wrong, right? The reason we'll see more of this is the increasing lack of an ethical moral compass overall. Everything is on a bell curve. There will always be this Alpha Hotel who will record, create inappropriate Tweets, whatever. Add to that cases of OMS (Open Mic Syndrome) and without some level of control, you're vastly better off not having any function. That, and if the "no phone" rule is violated, some recourse options are more readily available.