PHILADELPHIA: There’s no evidence a Pennsylvania school district used school-issued laptops to spy on students despite its questionable policies and lack of regard for students’ privacy, according to a report issued by attorneys hired by the district.
Concerns about an online chat captured in a screenshot of a school-issued computer led to public disclosure of the Lower Merion School District’s laptop tracking program, according to the report by the Philadelphia law firm Ballard Spahr, that was presented to the school board.
The firm recommended a ban on remote activations of webcams and remote capturing of screenshots from computers issued to students.
Harriton High School student Blake Robbins and his family alleged privacy violations over webcam images taken at home without their knowledge and sued the district, which said it secretly activated the webcams only to find missing laptops but admitted lax policies led it to capture 58,000 images. — AP
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