Colleges and universities are not the main body of law enforcement, and the use of law enforcement recorders needs to be more cautious.
Data map: Boarding student dormitory building. Fig. ic photo
Text |Xiong Bingqi.
The school uses a law enforcement recorder to check the dormitory, which is really rare.
According to upstream news reports, recently, the self-management committee of the School of Economics and Management of Jiangsu Suqian University issued a document saying that the inspectors will use the law enforcement recorder for the self-management committee's hygiene, prohibition, and night inspection from December 5. Some students posted a screenshot of this notice on the Internet, which attracted attention.
Some people questioned "Isn't it a violation of privacy", some people were shocked that "you should call the police if you didn't get permission to shoot", and some people analyzed that "if you record the behavior of both parties, there will be evidence, and there is no way to pass the buck".
In response, the teacher of the hospital responded: "The situation is true, but it is not implemented at present." Students are being consulted, and if the controversy is too great, this rule should not be implemented in the future. ”
Intriguingly, the "Regulations on the Use of Law Enforcement Recorders of the Institute Self-Management Committee" screenshots of the students stated that "the inspectors should keep the recorder after use, and return it to the custodian, because it involves personal privacy ......."”
This shows that the relevant person in charge of the college knows that the use of law enforcement recorders to check the sleep is suspected of violating students' privacy, and also knows that the privacy of students filmed by law enforcement recorders is at risk of being leaked, but the college still issued such regulations. It is no wonder that some lawyers called it "suspected of knowing the law and violating the law".
Of course, it is necessary for universities to strengthen the management of student dormitories, but it is also necessary to clarify the boundaries of rights and responsibilities.
It is conceivable that if the hospital pushes forward with this dormitory management regulation, it is likely to cause many "inspection disputes". As for how to ensure that the data recorded by the law enforcement recorder is not abused, the current regulations published by the institute cannot eliminate the doubts of students.
After this move attracted the attention of **, the college responded that it was soliciting the opinions of students, which seemed to respect students, but in fact, even if the majority of students agreed, this provision is invalid and illegal. Because the right to privacy is the right of each individual student, not the majority of people can decide to infringe.
Moreover, although the body camera is readily available online, it does not mean that it can be abused. Even if it is used by law enforcement personnel, there are strict regulations that prohibit the unauthorized copying, storage or dissemination of law enforcement audio and video information, and universities are not the main body of law enforcement, so they need to be more cautious about this.
At present, the dormitory management of some colleges and universities is a major problem, including poor dormitory hygiene, random stacking of items, and potential safety hazards in the illegal use of electrical appliances.
These sleep checks are easy to be questioned by students, who believe that the school has violated students' private spheres and disturbed students' lives. This time, the court used the law enforcement recorder to check the dormitory, which is also to reduce the relevant disputes.
However, if this kind of dormitory inspection thinking is not changed, it will not be able to really do a good job in dormitory management and boarding education. Fundamentally, students live in group dormitories, and their relationship with the university is similar to that between a tenant and a landlord.
Therefore, the school can not just manage and not serve, for example, in winter, students turn on the water far away, but the school dormitory does not provide the service of boiling water, so some students use the hot water to boil the water quickly. To fundamentally solve this problem, it is necessary to set up a special student living area in the dormitory, provide basic services such as boiling water and microwave ovens, so that students can live in the dormitory conveniently and avoid violations.
In the internal management of student dormitories, the autonomy of students is emphasized, and students can get more harvest and growth from boarding education by improving dormitory living facilities, such as reading rooms and gymnasiums, equipping students with tutors, organizing lectures, seminars, and dormitory culture construction. This is what colleges and universities should do.
Written by Bingqi Xiong (Education Scholar).
Edited by Chi Daohua.
Proofread by Wang Xin.