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Hire Image | This case also brought the attention of various women’s rights groups, who are demanding that privacy laws be re-evaluated.  Their argument is clear–teachers should not be able to leave one school when something happens and move to another, free to do the same thing to someone else.  The safety of students (and other workers, in other cases) must be a priority.


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