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Pa. school settles 2 webcam spy lawsuits for $610K
hosted ^ | Oct 11 | MARYCLAIRE DALE

Posted on 10/12/2010 5:51:24 AM PDT by JoeProBono

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- 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 thousands of webcam photographs and screen shots from student laptops in a misguided effort to locate missing computers....

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Education
KEYWORDS: beseeingyou; bigbrother; civilrights; cultureofcorruption; likelyexcuse; lowermerion; naughtyteacherslist; peepingtom; policestate; privacyrights; taxdollarsatwork; triallawyers; voyeurism; webcam; youpayforthis

1 posted on 10/12/2010 5:51:27 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

I didn’t read the article.

Was the guilty teacher fired?

Because in the private sector, if someone were caught recording another worker without their knowledge and it resulted in a 610K loss, that employee would be fired. And this was not another worker, but a minor.

Are we screening teachers any more? It seems there are quite a few perverts in the classrooms these days.


2 posted on 10/12/2010 5:53:15 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: JoeProBono

the “school district” didn’t pay a dime, the taxpayers did. How is the civil suit going against the school official and how quickly did they fire her?


3 posted on 10/12/2010 5:57:31 AM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: subterfuge

The district’s insurer, Graphic Arts Mutual Insurance Company, has agreed to pay $1.2 million toward legal and settlement costs.


4 posted on 10/12/2010 6:02:15 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

Hmmmm. That’s a pretty good picture for a laptop webcam. Great lighting, focus, composition.

Why can’t I do as well with a real camera?


5 posted on 10/12/2010 6:02:56 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (King: "I have a dream"...Sharpton: "I want a check")
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To: Fresh Wind
Why can’t I do as well with a real camera?

Because your time and equipment isn't funded by gub'mint money.

6 posted on 10/12/2010 6:15:06 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a Person as created by the Law of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
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To: JoeProBono

Were the people who did it punished? Will they pay anything?

No? Just the taxpayers being punished? How is that supposed to teach the baddies a lesson exactly?


7 posted on 10/12/2010 6:25:45 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: JoeProBono

Taxpayers get screwed again. If this lawsuit teaches us anything it is that school systems should not, under any circumstances, be using taxpayer money to buy equipment to be used by students outside of school under any circumstances.


8 posted on 10/12/2010 6:28:52 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
It seems there are quite a few perverts in the classrooms these days.

The safe schools czar is okay with this. How else can you make sure they are sleeping well at night?

9 posted on 10/12/2010 11:02:04 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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To: Tribune7; TAdams8591; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; wireman; Mr. Binnacle; brityank; JrsyJack; Palin4ever; ..
Philly Metro Ping

10 posted on 10/13/2010 5:08:54 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: JoeProBono
Of the $1.2 million in settlement and fees The plaintiff lawyers received $425K and the students got $185K
11 posted on 10/13/2010 5:13:46 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

ping


12 posted on 10/13/2010 7:33:36 PM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: JoeProBono
Joe, absolutely the last thing some School District slug who did this sort of thing to my son would have to worry about is a cash settlement.

Seriously...

13 posted on 10/13/2010 7:37:00 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

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14 posted on 10/14/2010 7:13:29 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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