Parents and schools struggle with the role technology plays in kids’ lives. But a new push to keep them safe has some saying it goes too far. Schools now want to punish students caught “sexting” — no matter where they do it. The Department of Education wants to ban both cyber bullying and sexting in…
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UK: Government delays scrapping of ContactPoint
Phil Muncaster reports: The coalition government has decided not to shelve the controversial ContactPoint database immediately, saying instead that its operations will be scaled down gradually. ContactPoint was designed to improve child protection by increasing the amount of information shared between government departments. It holds information on all children under the age of 18. However,…
Increased PATRIOT Act Oversight is Welcome News for Reader Privacy Advocates
The Campaign for Reader Privacy, which has been fighting to restore privacy safeguards for library and bookstore records that were stripped away by the Patriot Act, warmly welcomed an announcement by the Inspector General (IG) of the Justice Department that he plans to begin a new investigation into how the government is using Patriot Act…
UK: Government vehicle surveillance database storing 250 journeys for every motorist
John Swaine reports: The average motorist has the details of 200 of their journeys stored on the Government’s controversial vehicle surveillance database, new figures have shown. The records, which include photographs of private cars, can be secretly handed by ministers to the governments of other European countries or the United States. Documents released under the…