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Parents sue school over locker room cameras
« on: Jul 2nd, 2003, 10:09am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Parents sue school over locker room cameras
Images accessed 98 times in 6 months
Tuesday, July 1, 2003 Posted: 9:50 PM EDT (0150 GMT)
 
 
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- A Tennessee middle school allowed security cameras to film children undressing in locker rooms and then stored the images on a computer accessible through the Internet, according to a lawsuit filed by a group of angry parents.  
 
The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Nashville seeks $4.2 million in damages.  
 
The parents contend the school system violated students' rights by putting hidden cameras in boys and girls locker rooms at Livingston Middle School. The cameras reportedly captured students, ages 10-14, in various stages of undress.  
 
"The parents have been devastated by the conduct of the school officials, by the videotaping and by the breach of trust," said attorney Mark Chalos, who represents the parents of 16 girls and one boy.  
 
Chuck Cagle, lawyer for Overton County Schools, said he wouldn't comment because he hadn't read the lawsuit.  
 
EduTech Inc., the company that installed the surveillance cameras in several Overton County schools also was named in the lawsuit. Officials with the company had no comment.  
 
Parents learned of the cameras when a student reported a suspicious device in the school at Livingston, about 80 miles east of Nashville.  
 
The lawsuit contends that images captured by the cameras were stored on a hard drive in the office of the assistant principal could be accessed from remote computers by the Internet. It claims the computer's password security had not been changed from the factory default setting.  
 
The images were reportedly accessed 98 times between July 2002 and January 2003 -- sometimes late at night and early in the morning -- and through Internet providers in Tennessee and South Carolina.  
 
William Needham, director of Overton County Schools, said the assistant principal has been transferred to another school in the system.  
 
Chalos said he doesn't know if the cameras are still operating.  
 
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Chalos said he doesn't know if the cameras are still operating.  
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D'oh! maybe you should check!!
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I'm surprised they only went after 4.2 million.
 
If I knew that my little girl was gonna be broadcast on the internet a million times on kiddie porn sites (cause that's exactly what will happen.. other people record the images on their machines and then share them on other kiddie porn sites - these girls will be floating round the internet for the rest of their lives) I can guarantee you I'd be suing for a lot more than 4.2 million dollars to be split 17 ways.  They would be making up for it by paying enough money that my child would be set for life.  I'm not a lawsuit happy person, but this is one topic that gets me heated.  If you ruin my child's life by doing something like this, then you will also be paying to make sure my child has a better life from then on...
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If you ruin my child's life by doing something like this, then you will also be paying to make sure my child has a better life from then on...  
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ITA with you Rhune.  You are so right.
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« Reply #4 on: Jul 2nd, 2003, 11:41am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I agree Rhune..cept no matter how much money you get..the innocence of that child will be forever gone. How sad is that? Those bastards should have to do more than fork over money
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Re: Parents sue school over locker room cameras
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on Jul 2nd, 2003, 11:19am, addams wrote:

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ITA with you Rhune.  You are so right.

 
And ITA with both of you.  I'd raise that to one billion per family  Angry
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« Reply #6 on: Jul 6th, 2003, 9:03pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Well... im still single and have no kids... but then... i totally agree with you guys...
 
the internet is a very accessible virtual world and there are a lot of hackers roaming around the networked systems... i even know some....
 
with this.. they shouldn't only be demanded that amount... but also their professional lives should end... meaning... they should no longer be allowed to work on any academic establishments...  Angry
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