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What are the rights of the school to deny my use of my own laptop?
Do I have any sort of fighting power here, or am I at the mercy of the school district?
If you are at school you have zero leverage. While it might not technically be illegal to bring or use your own ...
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What are the rights of the school to deny my use of my own laptop?
If the issue is purely about whether the school can determine what equipment you use for schoolwork, then the school will usually have reasonable discretion about that.
If the issue is about the ...
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What are the rights of the school to deny my use of my own laptop?
In all US states besides Texas, obligatory educations laws only mandate that you attend school up to age 18. As long as you are attending school, you have to abide by the rules set by the school, but ...
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What are the rights of the school to deny my use of my own laptop?
You're at the mercy of the school district.
First: as a matter of general principle, the school, like any other business or organization, has the right to decide what devices can access their network ...
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Right to be forgotten on internet forums
You seem to assume that the 'right to be forgotten' is absolute, but it is not.
Under GDPR, the data controller needs a legal reason to retain personally identifying information on you. Your consent ...
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Bizarre boots-on-ground investigation by FBI: transparency and recourse
Is there any way he can gain insight as to what all of this snooping
was driven by?
No. Active law enforcement investigations, especially undercover operations, are exempt from FOIA requests until ...
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What are the rights of the school to deny my use of my own laptop?
united-states
Before asking what fighting power you have, you might want to step back and ask what you're fighting for.
How is this harming me, or people like me?
Do I feel exposed in a context ...
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What are the rights of the school to deny my use of my own laptop?
From a privacy and security (technology) perspective, laptops are a conduit to data breaches.
From an academic and ethical perspective, your school is asking you to stop using your laptop because they ...
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