TABAKO University school in Laguna

TABAKO University  school in laguna. The Security Department through the advice of the MIS department implemented a rule which will subject every student’s laptop to inspection in order to ensure that NO pornographic materials, pirated software and other prohibited materials are stored in a student’s laptop. Mr. Manny Yac is the President of the Supreme Student Governments and contends that such a rule violates their privacy rights guaranteed by the Constitution because laptop is a personal property especially their contents.

The Security Chief counter-argued and contends that their school bags as well as its contents are also personal property but the inspection of such is not being rules to be a violation of privacy rights. Thus, inspecting laptops and their contents cannot be said to be a violation of a student’s privacy rights. The Dean of Student Affairs asks the opinion with the foregoing legal issue. What will be your advice to the Dean of Student Affairs?