Beware The Campus Police

geisler writes: "According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a professor at Virginia Tech had her computer seized so that university police could try to track down someone who emailed her. She was denied the chance to backup before the computer was taken, and there seems to be some differences in stories between her and the authorities."

Comments

Bahhh!

[Deanasc]

The university owned the computer and it was returned. So this is really just a lesson in always backing up important files before the unfortunate event. Not after.

What's next? Nobel Prize Contending research lost when hard drive crashed.

Employers right to access company hardware trumps any privacy for the employee. The police were just doing their job. What if they let her erase important evidence?

Like it or not campus police work for the college and represent the authority of the college in these matters. I say good job.