A federal judge sided with a college student in Ohio who argued that a 'room scan' taken before a proctored online test violated his Fourth Amendment rights — a win for digital privacy.
In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that his university violated his Fourth Amendment rights when it asked him for a webcam recording of his testing space.In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that his university violated his Fourth Amendment rights when it asked him for a webcam recording of his testing space.
Aaron Ogletree, a chemistry student, sat for a test during his spring semester last year. Before starting the exam, he was asked to show the virtual proctor his bedroom. He complied, and the recording data was stored by one of the school's third-party proctoring tools, Honorlock, according to theOgletree then sued his university, alleging that the room scan violated his Fourth Amendment rights protecting U.S. citizens against"unreasonable searches and seizures.
"Mr. Ogletree's privacy interest in his home outweighs Cleveland State's interests in scanning his room. Accordingly, the Court determines that Cleveland State's practice of conducting room scans is unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment," Judge Calbrese concluded.
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