Pa. district settles 4th laptop webcam claim
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A suburban Philadelphia school district embroiled in a webcam spying scandal has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a fourth student's claim.
Lower Merion School District spokesman Doug Young tells The Philadelphia Inquirer the school board approved the settlement payment Monday night.
The use of tracking software on school-issued laptops prompted a federal invasion of privacy lawsuit last year. The software used by the district allowed school employees to remotely active the laptop webcams and view the images it captured.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The district ultimately paid $175,000 to Harriton High School student Blake Robbins to settle that suit.
The Inquirer report (http://bit.ly/r88oUy ) says two other students also received $10,000 settlements last year. One other suit is still pending.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com