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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The corporate culture of MCPS is that they do whatever the hell they want to do.  They do not care about child and parent privacy rights or they would limit this tool to only school use.  Monitoring activities on our home computers is a civil rights violation and unethical.  MCPS is a government institution and they definitely crossed the line on this one. [/quote]
Who exactly might have access to this?[/quote]

You mean the data that MCPS has been tracking/logging on home computers when students log in?

This morning, my 8yo signed into my computer to fill in his book log while I was in the showers.  Then the bus came, and he rushed out the door without logging off.  Yes, it's his fault but he's also 8.  He managed to close all the windows.  I went and used my laptop the entire day and as I was accessing my google calendar an hour ago, I just then realized that I have been logged into MCPS the entire day.  I guess his teacher or whatever admin can see exactly what I was looking at since this morning and was able to see my screen shots. [b] Sure, I can lecture my child[/b] and remind him to make sure he logs out next time.  In the meanwhile, my personal information accessed from my home computer is potentially compromised.  I understand that MCPS wants to monitor our children, but not all 7, 8 year old are all that reliable, and the potential problems this kind of monitoring of home computers can be a huge issue.  [/quote]

Lecture yourself, PP. Next time, check to make sure that he logged out. If he didn't, log him out.[/quote]

You must work for mcps. [/quote]

No, I'm a parent whose kids have occasionally forgotten to log out.[/quote]

I would log my kid out if I knew he had logged in!  I was in the shower.  Next you are going to tell me that I should watch my kid every moment of the day to make sure he never breaks a rule.  He's typically very responsible, but he obviously ran out because he thought he'd miss the bus.  So now, you are going to tell me I have a stupid child, a stupid family, and whatever other insult and deserve the worst in the world.  Mistakes happen, but MCPS needs to realize that this happens with children and adults but the repercussion could be a bigger deal.[/quote]

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