The Lower Merion School District settles litigation regarding accusations it used Webcams on school-issued laptops to take pictures of students. – A Pennsylvania school district
has agreed to a $610,000 settlement in a controversial legal battle
over its use of Webcam technology on school-issued laptops.
The Lower Merion
School District confessed to taking
thousands of Webcam photos and screenshots from school-issued laptops. The
dist…
A report commissioned by the Lower Merion School District says school officials failed to implement appropriate policies governing the use of tracking software by the school system’s IT department, leaving the technology open to abuse. The findings are the latest twist in a legal battle in which a family is accusing the district of spying on a student in his home using the Webcam on a school-issued laptop.
– The Lower Merion
School District in Pennsylvania failed
to adopt official guidelines governing the use of tracking software on school
laptops and left the technology open to abuse, according to a report released
May 3.
The 72-page report
was commissioned by the school district (PDF) in respon…
Accused in a lawsuit of spying on students via Webcams, the Lower Merion School District of Pennsylvania concedes that what it described as a substantial number of photos of students were taken. The school system is being sued by the family of a high school student who has accused the district of taking photos of him in his home.
– A Pennsylvania school district
accused of spying on students with Webcams on school-issued laptops has
conceded that a quot;substantial number quot; of photos have turned up in an
investigation of the situation.
The Lower
Merion School District has been at the center of a legal battle over the…
A high school assistant principal in the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania lashes out about the Webcam spying allegations, while the student at the center of the case says her denials fall short.
– The Webcam spying allegations that have rocked Pennsylvania’s
Lower Merion
School District turned into a
verbal sparring match Feb. 24 when a high school administrator
offered an emotionally charged rebuttal that the family suing the
district said does not constitute a denial of relevant fa…
News Analysis: With the news that a Pennsylvania school district is being accused of monitoring students at home, the issue of personal privacy is back in the limelight. It’s clear that the more time we spend online with our computers the more our sense of privacy can be violated, especially if misguided individuals or organizations misuse technology that was designed to help us or protect us. We take a look at 10 lessons that we can learn from the case.
– When news broke recently that the Lower
Merion School District in Pennsylvania had the ability to monitor student computers
and allegedly accused a student of engaging in quot;improper behavior in the
home, quot; several critics spoke out against the way the school district
handled the situatio…
The FBI is investigating allegations made against the Lower Merion School District in a lawsuit by the parents of a student. The lawsuit claims school officials used a remote-controlled Webcam to spy on their son, a high school student.
– The FBI is
reportedly investigating a
Pennsylvaniaschool
district for possible federal law violations in light of a lawsuit filed by the
parents of a high school student.
According
to multiple
media reports, the FBI is probing accusations made against the
Lower Merion
School Distric…
A student’s parents have sued a Pennsylvania school district, claiming the district used a Webcam on a school-issued laptop to spy on their son. The district says it has now disabled the feature that allowed it to turn on the Webcam remotely.
– A Pennsylvania couple has
accused the local school district of spying on their son by means of a Webcam
on a school-issued laptop.
Michael Robbins and Holly Robbins of Penn Valley,
Penn., filed a lawsuit (PDF) Feb. 11 in
U.S. District Court against the Lower
Merion School District,
in Ardmor…
