AP reports: The New Jersey Education Department says it will do a review to make sure that students’ privacy is not compromised by a standardized testing firm that is monitoring social media for security breaches. Education Department lawyer Patricia Morgan made the announcement Thursday during a legislative hearing to review the monitoring. Read more on…
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France To Require Internet Companies To Detect ‘Suspicious’ Behavior Automatically, And To Decrypt Communications On Demand
Glyn Moody writes: Techdirt has been charting for a while France’s descent from a bastion of enlightenment values to a country that seems willing to give up any freedom in the illusory hope of gaining some security. According to a story in Le Figaro, even worse is to come in the shape of a new law (original in French, found via @gchampeau):…
Yahoo brings an end to passwords and boosts privacy at SXSW
Vaughn Highfield reports: Yahoo may no longer be the top-dog of search, but as one of the world’s largest providers of free email services it comes as no surprise that Yahoo wants to keep its customers safe and happy from breaches and email snoopers. So, at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Yahoo unveiled its…
IL: Kay: Schools should have to get court order for student passwords
Mary Cooley reports: A state lawmaker from the metro-east is pushing legislation that he says will make it more difficult for schools to acquire students’ passwords to their social media accounts. Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, has filed legislation that would amend a state law that went into effect in January 2014. That original law…