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…