The company says it does not engage in old-school spy tactics like social engineering.

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But Poole council used it to spy for nearly three weeks on a young family who had applied to a local primary school to see if they lived in the right catchment area.

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With more incidents like the one at Clayton High School, surely more school districts will be providing social media guidance to employees eager to use digital tools to spy on connect with students.

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