Personally, I think the *administrators* should pay out of their pocket and/or their personal liability insurance plans pay out for this. I hate to sound like an apologist for the legal profession, but sometimes the only thing that'll make people stop and think is the threat of a large payout. If these idiots have to pay a lot of money, the next time some school system thinks about activating the webcam ***WITHOUT REPORT OF A MISSING LAPTOP*** they might think twice if these idiots have to pay a significant settlement... i.e. enough for all the plaintiffs to go to a private 4 year college/university without having to worry about the tuition!
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Melahn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Friday OT - Web cam case "At the very least they should have to pay out %BIGBUX for invasion of privacy by an authority figure or some such." Who do you propose pay these bigbux? The school administrators who's only interest was in saving money - giving approval to an idea that would recover stolen school property? The IT department head who didn't thoroughly research what his forum buddies told him was a good idea because they use it? The IT grunt without enough real world experience to know how serious these abuses really were? Or how about the school and the district itself? Let all the "affected" families sue the school district for untold damages. Now the schools have to cut back on programs, activities, events, sports, library books, computers, etc. Millions wasted in legal fees and pay-outs. Who suffers? Every family in the district! It's my school tax dollars you will be giving to these families who have not been damaged AT ALL. So I disagree. Fire the decision makers, slap the abusers with whatever punishment is deemed necessary and get on with life. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
