John P. Martin reports: Lower Merion School District employees activated the web cameras and tracking software on laptops they gave to high school students about 80 times in the past two school years, snapping nearly 56,000 images that included photos of students, pictures inside their homes and copies of the programs or files running on…
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Both sides claim victory in Rome court’s privacy ruling
Philip Willan reports: Both sides claimed victory Monday after a Rome judge took a minimalist view of the responsibilities of telecom carriers for stamping out online piracy in a court battle pitting copyright defenders against Internet distributors and privacy interests. Judge Antonella Izzo rejected a request from the Audiovisual Antipiracy Federation (FAPAV) that Telecom Italia…
Applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet: A General Approach
A new article by Orin Kerr to add to my must-read list: Applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet: A General Approach, 62 Stan. L. Rev. 1005 (2010). The Abstract: This Article offers a general framework for applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet. It assumes that courts will seek a technology-neutral translation of Fourth…
Privacy of kids’ records debated
Chris Casteel reports: It’s not just grades and test scores anymore. It’s educational data. And it comes in many varieties to help educators, students and parents measure academic growth and achievement in the nation’s schools. […] Joel R. Reidenberg, a law professor at Fordham University and a former local school board member in New Jersey,…