Suit: School-issued laptops used to spy on kids on Main Line

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Source: Philly.com

By Dan Hardy and Sam Wood

INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS

Lower Merion School District officials used school-issued laptop computers to illegally spy on students, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.

The suit, filed Tuesday, says unnamed school officials at Harriton High School in Rosemont remotely activated the webcam on a student's computer last year because the district believed he "was engaged in improper behavior in his home."

An assistant principal at Harriton confronted the student for "improper behavior" on Nov. 11 and cited a photograph taken by the webcam as evidence.

Michael E. and Holly S. Robbins, of Penn Valley, filed the suit on behalf of their son, Blake. They are seeking class action status for the suit.


Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100218_Suit__School-issued_laptops_used_to_spy_on_kids_on_Main_Line.html

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