The U.S. Attorney's Office has decided to bring no charges against a Pennsylvania school, which enabled remote webcams on laptops loaned to students.
An investigation found that none of the participants had criminal intent, according to a statement from U.S. attorney David Zane Memeger.
"I've found that bringing criminal charges is not justified in this case," said Memeger. "For on the government to pursue a criminal case, it must prove beyond a reasonable doubt charge that the person acted with criminal intent."
Memeger conducted his survey of Lower Merion School District in connection with the FBI, Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, Montgomery County Detectives and Lower Merion Police Department.
The school district said it was pleased with the decision.
The findings support "the results of our internal investigation following the approval last night of the new laptop policy at the School Board, Dr. Christopher W. McGinley, chairman of the Lower Merion School District, in a statement." This is all good news for students and employees in Lower Merion School District, as we have for the beginning of a new school year to prepare. "
It is issued to the school Mac laptop delivered to 2,300 students at Harriton High School. Unnoticed by the students and their parents, they were laptops with tracking software that can enable the remote computer, the webcam to take photos of the user, and that the data provided screenshots. It was as a means to find lost or stolen laptops, but was made manifest in more dubious circumstances.
The existence of the tracking was made public, if a student was called into the principal's office last year and accused of using drugs. The deputy head teacher told the boy that administrators had been watching him - on the computer-Webcam - take tablets.
The student passed the pills really sweet, and his parents sued the school district in February. A few months later, another student informed the district attorney that the software on his computer had also been active, with 469 images from the webcam and 543 screens in the course of several months. The student submitted a separate case in July.
The school district has apologized and admitted that it should be the students and parents are informed about the software. An updated education policy now requires the district to obtain a student before you activate the monitoring software.
Memeger said that civil litigation, but he still "chose this announcement before the start of the school year do to close at least part of this case."
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