04-17-2010, 01:46 AM
tahoedrew wrote:
When I started my new job recently at a tech/online company I had to sign paperwork stating that my employer was entitled to ANY information I accessed while using their computers and networks. While it may seem a bit like big brother, my company is a billion dollar player in internet technology and they need, and are entitled, to protect their intellectual property.
More so, I see NO issue whatsoever with a school district using such information to recover a stolen laptop. Heck, I don't even see a problem with a school district retrieving any information they deem necessary from any laptop that they OWN and have issued to a student to USE (i.e., BORROW) while enrolled at that institution. It's a laptop issued for school work! That's not to say, like in business, the school won't allow personal use and benefits of the laptop, but ultimately that laptop is NOT the property of the student.
Of course I'm basing my comments on the belief that the laptop was in fact LOANED to the student, not paid for by the student, and that some sort of legal document or notice was given to the student and parents giving the school district exclusive permission to information on the laptop at any time, or at least after notifying the school that the laptop was missing or stolen.
~A
Wondering if you really read into this issue at all . . .
Your 14 year old son gets a laptop.
He leaves it on and open, takes a shower, dries off in his room.
Nude pics end up on a school computer, with people you don't know and whose credentials you haven't personally vetted having access to them.
You all good with that?