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Former Rutgers student convicted in webcam spying case

March 16, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
A former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life was convicted of invasion of privacy and anti-gay intimidation March…
District Management

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

Pa. school settles 2 webcam spy lawsuits for $610K

October 12, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
A Philadelphia-area school district agreed Monday to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops, reports the Associated Press.
District Management

Students to see photos snapped in Pa. webcam ‘spying’ case

May 19, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Students in two suburban Philadelphia high schools will be allowed to view photographs taken by their school-issued laptops, and they may preview them first before deciding which images…
District Management

Report: No spying in Pa. school laptops case

May 5, 2010May 5, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
There's no evidence a suburban Pennsylvania school district used school-issued laptops to spy on students, despite its questionable policies and its lack of regard for students' privacy, according…
District Management

Insurer won’t pay legal costs in Pa. webcam spying case

April 26, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
An insurance company says it won't pay legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused in a lawsuit of spying on students through laptop webcams, reports the…
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

School webcam spying prompts call for new laws

August 18, 2010March 30, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., is pushing for new federal laws on electronic privacy as a school district in his home state struggles with a lawsuit over attempts to…
District Management

IT employees suspended in school webcam spying case

March 5, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Two information technology employees of the Lower Merion School District have been placed on leave while an investigation continues into the use of remote surveillance software on student…

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