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amother
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 Today at 7:24 pm
I'm currently applying to a school for my daughters.
On the application, they ask about all of your technological devices. I have a laptop that is filtered with a non-frum filter. I know that it probably won't be acceptable to them. So, do I write that I have no laptop at all? (anyone who knows me knows that I do a lot of online shopping and that I definitely have internet access. Lying will probably fall through.) Or, do I just name a Jewish filter company?
My main question is: Do the schools contact the Filter companies (Techloq, Gentech etc.) to verify that I have an account? Are the companies allowed to release this information?
What is the smartest way to approach this? (I don't want to be a naive parent that tells the honest truth and then regret it later...)
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amother
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Today at 7:25 pm
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Put a filter on for now and say the truth. If you can’t handle it maybe you will take it off at a later time.
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amother
Rainbow
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Today at 7:30 pm
| amother Blue wrote: | | Put a filter on for now and say the truth. If you can’t handle it maybe you will take it off at a later time. |
This. It seems a little crazy to outright lie and say you have a filter you don’t have.
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amother
Nutmeg
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Today at 7:30 pm
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I think it depends on the school.
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amother
Mustard
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Today at 7:44 pm
| amother OP wrote: | I'm currently applying to a school for my daughters.
On the application, they ask about all of your technological devices. I have a laptop that is filtered with a non-frum filter. I know that it probably won't be acceptable to them. So, do I write that I have no laptop at all? (anyone who knows me knows that I do a lot of online shopping and that I definitely have internet access. Lying will probably fall through.) Or, do I just name a Jewish filter company?
My main question is: Do the schools contact the Filter companies (Techloq, Gentech etc.) to verify that I have an account? Are the companies allowed to release this information?
What is the smartest way to approach this? (I don't want to be a naive parent that tells the honest truth and then regret it later...) |
When a school hires a company like Techloq, Gentech, they do give updates to the school about who has what device and what sort of filter.
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amother
DarkYellow
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Today at 7:47 pm
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If you want to send to a school that requires a Jewish filter, get a Jewish filter. Since when is lying acceptable behavior?
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giftedmom
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Today at 8:16 pm
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Say you don’t have a laptop. Online ordering can be done via kiosk. If you send it out with Dh for a day you technically don’t have it. Or Halacha wise it belongs to him so again, you don’t actually have one.
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amother
Pistachio
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Today at 8:22 pm
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I usually just skip the laptop question. Lie of omission. As for filters I think they make you write down your ID number too.
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amother
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Today at 8:26 pm
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Wait what?! The Filter companies can give out that information to schools? Can someone please explain to me how that's ok? I mean, I know I didn't sign a HIPAA agreement, but that seems like a big breach of privacy.
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amother
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Today at 8:28 pm
| amother Oak wrote: | | Wait what?! The Filter companies can give out that information to schools? Can someone please explain to me how that's ok? I mean, I know I didn't sign a HIPAA agreement, but that seems like a big breach of privacy. |
Generally you give them permission to confirm it with school. But they don’t have to keep the info private technically, they aren’t in a field that requires that privacy legally.
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amother
Lightblue
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Today at 8:34 pm
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Yes, for my daughter's school I needed to get a certificate through the filtering company and submit it to my daughter's school.
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amother
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Today at 9:06 pm
Thanks for explaining. I live OOT and had no clue this was a thing.
Is everyone ok with it?
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