There’s a new study report out by World Privacy Forum on FERPA, “directory information,” and student privacy. It’s a big report that I have yet to find time to really read, but Allen St. John of Consumer Reports can help you get an overview: A loophole in a federal student privacy law gives outsiders access…
Category: Laws
A Microsoft Employee Literally Wrote Washington’s Facial Recognition Law
This article appeared on April 3, but I am just getting around to it. Dave Gershgorn reports: Tuesday should have been a win for privacy advocates. Washington state signed SB 6280 into law, making it the first state in the country to pass a facial recognition bill, which outlines how the government can and cannot use…
Two children sue Google for allegedly collecting students’ biometric data
Richard Nieva reports: Two children from Illinois are suing Google for allegedly collecting biometric data, including face scans, of millions of students through the search giant’s software tools for classrooms. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in San Jose, California, is seeking class-action status. The children, known only as H.K. and J.C. in the complaint,…
Washington State Enacts New Facial Recognition Law
Alexander Berengaut and Jadzia Pierce of Covington and Burling write: On March 31st, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law SB 6280, a bill aimed at regulating state and local government agencies’ use of facial recognition services. An overview of the law’s provisions can be found here. Notably, Governor Inslee vetoed Section 10 of the bill,…