First off, I live in Canada.. Which is quite different in terms of guidelines then the States. I am school, last year Public Secondary. The network administrator at my school continually "spies" on me par se .via a program called NetSupport. There are no stated rules against what I am doing (such as using GMAIL and PayPal). I know he has had the feature of KeyLogging manually activated when I am using PayPal and GMAIL. He takes many screenshots of emails I have had with my clientelle on my business email (all I use it for). I do this all on my period off, in the library. I was wondering what sort of privacy protection I have as a Canadian. Any help would be GREAT as I am going to schedule a meeting with the Super-Intendant of my area in the next month.
And you think you have a realistic expectation of privacy when using someone else's property for your personal benefit because? Anyway, continue reading your school policies on such. While it may not have a provision saying you can't do what you're doing, it might not contain a sort of provision saying that administrator can't do what s/he did either. While you're at it, take time to research your jurisdiction's laws on privacy on the 'Net...if there's any.
As Dave said... check your school board policies. Typically when you use an employers' or school computer there is no expectation of privacy and communications may be monitored for violations of policy. How do you know he is taking screen shots? Is he showing them to other people or to you? It's possible he's misusing his position, for non-valid reasons, but I don't have enough info to know that. The school network administrators that I know are way too busy to spy on specific individuals or keep up with the abuse & proxies. If you are in your last year of high school, and the academic year ends in a couple of weeks, isn't a meeting next month a little late?
a) You probably signed a huge stack of forms when you registered to go to school there and one of them probably had a tiny section saying they can do whatever they want. That basically means it's too bad for you and they can do whatever they want. b) If your business is secretive or you're doing something illegal it should be pretty obvious that using a public computer isn't the best idea.
Thanks all, In Canada you cannot simply monitor what someone does, even the government "tap" a connection unless they recieve a warrent or such; and they can only "tap" 1,000 people at one time. Let alone a school doing this (Yes, there is a difference ). My problem is I do not know where this stands, and how far it protects me. My business is not sectritive at all, it is a hosting company that brings in 50 - 100/day. a) You probably signed a huge stack of forms when you registered to go to school there and one of them probably had a tiny section saying they can do whatever they want. That basically means it's too bad for you and they can do whatever they want. It was a one page form that stated what I can/cannot do. I am doing nothing to violate the AUP. Anyone else?
If that's the case and you didn't sign anything waiving that right for the school then it sounds like they are violating your privacy and they could get in trouble, but obviously you want to make sure before you do it, because I know when I was in high school we had this huge book of rules, it was like 50 pages and everyone just signed it without reading it.
It's not a good idea to use PayPal, Gmail and any other important accounts you may have on a public PC.
Here's something to get you started: http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/oca-bc.nsf/en/ca01426e.html However, do let us know if you find anything there about the school violating any so-called privacy laws, based on what you described so far. You still haven't answered my question, though: why do you believe you are entitled to some form of privacy when using someone else's property for your own personal gain? If I lend you my computer, do you think I'm not entitled to see how you're using it, especially since I pay its associated costs like power? If you want, you can always ask or complain to your school administrator.