BE CAREFUL, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS WATCHING!

A Pennsylvania school district is being sued by one of its students, Blake J.Robbins, claiming “invasion of privacy”.

All of the students at Lower Merion School District are issued computers with webcams. To keep track of these computers the school invested in a feature that will track stolen, missing and lost laptops.

The school decided to turn on this security feature without informing the parents or the students. The only way the students even knew this was happening was the fact that an assistant principal spoke to Blake about “inappropriate behavior” at home. The school saw what they thought were illegal pills being eaten by Blake which turned out to be just candy. The lawsuit claims the webcam could capture images of the students and their families in all sorts of embarrasing situations.

Students are so embarrassed and fearful of this spy feature that they have covered up their webcams with masking tape. Of course, the school district believes they have the right to track their computers and do not consider this to be spying. However, the school district does admit that they will not turn on the security feature again until students and parents have been notified. What will be next?