Thursday, December 11, 2014
Students Rights and Virtual Rights
On Wednesday, my group presented on students rights. Towards the end of the presentation, Mr. Stewart brought up a something he would call "provocative". He asked the class to think about understanding their rights in regards to new types of privacy and what that could mean. Recently the school loans out lap tops, what you do on their could potentially viewed by the school. After all those laptops are school property. This is something to take note of. There is quite a bit of uprising technology uses and devices, know what rights you have in that area would be very beneficial. For instance if you save things to the cloud then you should maybe find out who can see it, can apple look through it because after all it is their creation that you are using? Or perhaps your gmail is owned by google could they search your email and documents? My group focused on more basic rights on and off campus but it seems to me there is plenty of research to be done on your rights as a user of technology. Perhaps next years Muckraking assignment sheet could include rights over your virtual property as a possible topic.
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You bring up a really good point that has yet been answered I think. It is almost terrifying to think of big companies like Apple or Google looking at your personal email/documents/or even computer files. Im sure they have the ability to do so, in case needed by the FBI or something, but then again there are millions if not billions of gmail and apple users. I doubt Apple or Google looks at everyones personal documents or emails. Interesting though!
ReplyDeleteI think that as issues and recent cases concerning the violation of student and minor rights have really developed in the past few years, a whole assignment based on the focus of knowing your rights over property would make a really great and efficient project that would not only enlighten the minds of the younger generations to come but also aid in bringing awareness to the conflict.
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