School Spies On Students With Webcams – A Philadelphia school district gave out laptops to students, then used the webcams attached to covertly spy on them.
According to a class-action lawsuit, the school system spied on the students in school and at home via the laptop’s webcams which could be activated remotely at any time by teachers or administrators.
Neither the students nor their parents were told about the remote webcam activation, which could see anything happening within range of the laptops including the student’s bedrooms.
Te case, Blake J. Robbins v. Lower Merion School District, was filed after one of the school’s vice principals disciplined Robbins’ son for “improper behavior in his home,” using a photo taken from the camera as evidence, according to the filing.
The laptops were issued to 1,800 students at three high schools in the district, each with a built-in webcam that, according to the lawsuit, administrators can activate remotely and covertly.
The suit is a class action, brought on behalf of all the students and their parents.
They’re seeking damages for invasion of privacy, theft of private information, and unlawful interception and access of electronic information.
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March 6th, 2010 at 12:01 am
This is illegal and they should go to jail for spying
March 6th, 2010 at 4:25 am
webcams are great for some things but not for spying on kids
March 9th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
It is wrong to spy on students with webcams