Remote Testing ‘Room Scans’ Violate Fourth Amendment, Judge Says

E-proctoring “room scans” are an unconstitutional search under the Fourth Amendment, according to a federal judge in Ohio ruling in favor the Cleveland State University student who brought the privacy suit.

Aaron Ogletree claimed that the school’s proctoring softwares, Respondus and Honorlock, required webcam room scans in order to take exams from home. The scans often forced students to film their laps and other parts of their bodies, in addition to their bedrooms, to look for impermissible study aids or notes, Ogletree said.

Judge Philip Calabrese of the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio agreed with Ogletree ...