Principal invading privacy and looking at students facebook pages.?

[Papa Lazarous]

**Updated**

As i already said, write a formal complaint to the school board and contact the local paper to see if they will be interested [i'm sure they will] . Even if no official action is taken against the superintendent over this particular issue, it will probably cause enough fuss to stop them doing it again to anyone else.
This is a valid "invasion of privacy" and the teacher has no more right to insist on being given the password to a facebook account on an ipod then then they do to force anyone to give them the passcode to their cashpoint card in their purse/wallet

You should pursue this matter strongly

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Your daughter should have refused to the teacher the password. He has the right to confiscate the ipod if it was being used during a lesson or school rules state such devices should be left at home but that is all. I would make an appointment to see the head teacher and voice your concerns and if you are not satisfied or this superintendent is the highest authority at the school, then make a written complaint to the school board of governors or whatever similar option you have. Otherwise contact the education department and complain to your local MP or similar government representative. Invasion of privacy in this way is an abuse of his position and i would not let the matter rest
The easy way to avoid a similar thing happening again is to restrict your daughter to using her ipod at home and not let her take it to school.