Rent-to-Own Outfit Allegedly Spied on PC Customers with Webcams It looks like rent-to-own retailer Aaron's Inc. may have stepped in it--or at least stepped all over its customers' privacy rights. According to the legal firm representing a Casper, Wyoming couple, rental outfit “can secretly monitor ‘rent-to-own' computer customers' electronic communications in violation of federal privacy and technology laws.” File under “Oh no they didn't”? Read more on Techland ... Read More

Pa. school district accused of spying on students with computer webcams defends administrator PHILADELPHIA - A suburban Philadelphia school district accused in a lawsuit of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students' homes says one of its administrators has been "unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked." Read more on Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune ... Read More