Mark Keierleber writes: Embattled education technology vendor Illuminate Education has become the first-ever company to get booted from the Student Privacy Pledge, an unprecedented move that follows a massive data breach affecting millions of students and allegations the company misrepresented its security safeguards. The Future of Privacy Forum, which created the self-regulatory effort nearly a…
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Victory! Federal Court Upholds First Amendment Protections for Student’s Off-Campus Social Media Post
Yes, this is a protected speech/First Amendment issue, but I have always considered attempts to regulate student activity when youth are not at school an over-reach and attempted abridgment of a child’s rights unless the off-campus speech or activity was a threat to do something on school premises. And yes, I realize the courts have…
MA: Supreme Judicial Court rules consent required for blood alcohol test
Shira Schoenberg reports: The police cannot test a person’s blood to determine blood alcohol content without that person’s consent, even if the person authorized the blood draw itself, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday. It is well-established law that the police cannot order a blood test without a person’s consent, in order to protect the safety…
Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK
Speaking of using facial recognition for surveillance purposes, Nicola Kelly reports: Migrants who have been convicted of a criminal offence will be required to scan their faces up to five times a day using smartwatches installed with facial recognition technology under plans from the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. In May, the government awarded a contract to…