Lower Merion School District's Secret Webcam Policy Records Over 1,000 Images of Studens
Lower Merion School District became internationally known when it was disclosed that it deployed spyware to take images of student while using their school issued laptops. Images were taken of students while off school grounds, often went they were at home. The case is only just beginning, but it is already proving to be a very emotional and difficult process for both families and school officials. Privacy violations of this type have most often occurred in domestic abuse or predator cases. This is the first known court case to rise from an incident of a non-judicial decision by a domestic government institution to use this type of surveillance technology in this manner.
School District Accused of Snapping 1,000s of Shots of Students at Home, By Katherine Noyes
TechNewsWorld, April 19, 2010
