Dutch students raise privacy concerns over online exam surveillance

Thousands of students have signed a petition started by first-year psychology student Naomi de Leng and backed by the Dutch students' union to demand that the university find an alternative to the invasive surveillance software. — AFP Relaxnews

AMSTERDAM: Dutch students have accused universities of violating their privacy by using monitoring software to prevent cheating in exams being conducted online because of the coronavirus.

Dutch universities have been scrambling to find ways of continuing during the coronavirus crisis after the government ordered campuses to shut down on March 12.