Lawless!-----Lawsuit challenges university’s authority to track students through data collection

Lawsuit challenges university’s authority to track students through data collection

ANALYSIS: Lawsuit filed over swipe-card data collection could pave way for precedent on students’ Fourth Amendment rights

...Indiana University Bloomington....In 2018, campus officials illegally accessed the swipe-card data of several students without a warrant as part of a university-wide investigation into the hazing practices of certain fraternities, according to a lawsuit filed against the school.

The four students currently suing Indiana University Bloomington over the privacy invasion were never involved in any wrongdoing, did not give their consent to have their data accessed, and were unaware that campus officials even had the ability to access the swipe-card data.

...Are educational institutions subject to special carve outs from respecting students’ Constitutional rights? 

It will be interesting to see what the courts say...Read all.