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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an IT professional, and let me just say that what MCPS is doing is not something that we do in the industry.  For most of us, when we use an official work laptop/device, we should always assume we are monitored because when we started work, we signed an agreement on something that actually gave permission to our company to do so.  Secondly, even when we logged in, normally we have to go through a VPN, and the computer will state somewhere that you are in VPN mode.  For MCPS, your child can log in to their MCPS account on their parents' personal home computer, close all the windows after they are done, and still be logged in. Unless a child EXPLICITLY LOGS OUT, you will never know if you are still LOGGED IN to the system.  Then next day, the parents opens up their computer and access websites such as banks to pay bills, maybe log into some portal to look at health information, maybe email personal information or have private text chats with coworkers/friends.  What that means is to a parent, they think the are no longer in the MCPS system and all their activities including their entire screenshots are being tracked and saved by possibly not just the teacher but other administrator.  I am sorry, but this is fundamentally very flawed.

I get the MCPS's teacher's perspective about how important it is to track our kids' activities at school.  But unless MCPS makes this process of home computer intrusion a lot more clear, or heck, even logs the kid out of the MCPS account after idling for 30 minutes, this cannot possibly have legal legs to stand on.

I have never gotten anything from my school regarding chromebooks usage aside from my kids bringing home their account login/password.  Even if the school emails the parents to inform them that kids should be logging out of their computer, I cannot imagine that this would not become a huge legal issue if some important personal information is leaked.  [b]This needs to be fixed.[/b][/quote]

[b]By your kid logging out/you logging your kid out.[/b][/quote]

I don't think you are understanding how what mcps is doing is not a typical IT standard that is adopted by any organizations that I have worked for.[/quote]

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