Bo Brinkman | an Analysis of Student Privacy Rights in the Use

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Bo Brinkman | An Analysis of Student Privacy Rights in the Use of Plagiarism Detection Systems
Brinkman looks at the question of whether plagiarism detection services such as TurnItIn.com violate students' privacy rights and whether the possible harm they cause is outweighed by professors' duty to provide fair evaluations of their work. He concludes that though these types of services will continue to be used, more harm may be caused by the permanent archives of student work.
-According to Brinkman, a college's archiving of all student theses differs from that of plagiarism detection services such as TurnItIn.com because

• A) students are unaware that their theses are archived.
• B) professors are unaware that student theses are archived.
• C) it is possible for students to be unaware of TurnItIn.com.
• D) it is not possible for students to be unaware of TurnItIn.com.

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