Scenario: School provides kid laptop/ipad. Kid uses laptop/ipad for school work and personal use. School learns kid likes to watch YouTube at 3am and sleeps in class.
How can schools track students:
- schools can access what programs/websites kids use
- schools can access where the kids were when they used the laptop/ipad
- some schools remotely monitor students through cameras on the devices
Are 3rd parties involved to monitor kids activity on school laptops/ipads? yes & they flag unusual behavior for schools.
What does this mean for kid’s privacy?
- Schools can assemble behavioral patterns, learning habits or disabilities, and intellectual interests, stored and analyzed outside of the control of parents/students
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