REPORT: High School Non-Confidential: How Schools May be Peering Into Your Home (June 2017)

Under so-called “1 to 1” programs, private vendors provides free laptops or tablet computers for the school year that students can use at home. With this program, however, the ACLU found, students and their families are often required to surrender basic privacy rights. In fact, in many districts, policies allow school officials to remotely access the student laptops at home – including the computer’s webcam and microphone - at any time, and for any reason.