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Pa. school district settles webcam spy lawsuits for $610K

April 26, 2011October 13, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

A Philadelphia-area school district agreed Monday to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops. The Lower Merion School District admitted it captured…

District Management

Employee in webcam spying flap: Teen had no expectation of privacy

May 4, 2010April 21, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A school technology official at the center of a webcam spying scandal says the Pennsylvania student suing her employer should not have had any expectation of privacy, because…

District Management

Experts: Schools can track laptops less intrusively

November 5, 2013February 25, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

School officials in Pennsylvania who admit remotely activating webcams to locate missing laptops could have used far less intrusive methods of finding the machines, such as GPS tracking…

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Pa. school district settles webcam spy lawsuits for $610K

Employee in webcam spying flap: Teen had no expectation of privacy

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