Nick Divito reports: The New York Civil Liberties Union threw its support behind Facebook’s legal challenge to the Manhattan District Attorney’s forcing the social media site to turn over the contents of 381 user accounts. The ACLU and the NYCLU filed an amicus brief on Aug. 7 in New York County Supreme Court. “The sensitive…
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Only one in 100 cloud providers meet latest EU data protection requirements
Archana Venkatraman reports: The vast majority of cloud providers are not yet prepared to meet the requirements of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation that will come into effect next year to replace the EU Data Protection Directive adopted in 1995, research has revealed. Only one out of 100 cloud service providers are ready…
Opinion: Protecting Kids in the Cloud
Shawn Day writes: At fewer than 300 words, the proposal seemed simple enough: Protect student privacy and restrict companies’ ability to use students’ data. The plan – sponsored in the House by Del. David Yancey and in the Senate by Sen. John Cosgrove, both with bipartisan support – failed in committees last winter. But the…
Maryland school district to start monitoring students’ social media posts with new software
Diane Cho reports: Washington County public school officials announced that, with the start of the new school year in just two weeks, they will be using new software to monitor students’ social media posts. The county will be one of only four school districts in the nation to enlist a new software program called Social…