A school district in Pennsylvania provided to students with several thousand Apple laptops. The problem with these laptops was that they were equipped with built-in Webcams to monitor there use. The school district admitted it had over 56,000 photos and screen shots gathered by the Webcams and security software installed on the laptops. This is a serious privacy issue because these photos were taken without the knowledge or consent of the students, including in their bedrooms and some while undressing or nude. In April 2010, high school sophomore Blake Robbins filed a class action lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District for invasion of privacy. In October 2010, the school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits related to the incident.
Here's an article on the case http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/16/little-merion-webcamgate
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