Babs Santos reports: Some parents in the Lakeville Area School District are upset over what they’re calling a breach of trust. But the district says it was only following school policy when it released the personal information of students to a political candidate who requested it. Read more at Fox9. Once again, parents seem shocked…
Category: U.S.
Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at massive scale
Drew Harwell reports: U.S. government officials are adding data from as many as 10,000 electronic devices each year to a massive database they’ve compiled from cellphones, iPads and computers seized from travelers at the country’s airports, seaports and border crossings, leaders of Customs and Border Protection told congressional staff in a briefing this summer. The…
Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Consider Data Privacy Legislation
Jeffrey M. Csercsevits reports: State governments are continuing to propose and adopt legislation that requires businesses to implement policies and procedures to ensure privacy rights for consumers. Businesses operating in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania should prepare for the potential dawning of a new day. […] The Michigan legislature is currently considering the Consumer Privacy Act…
Privacy and Paternalism: The Ethics of Student Data Collection
In February 2021, MIT’s Schwarzman College of Computing launched a specially commissioned series that aims to address the opportunities and challenges of the computing age. The MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) series features peer-reviewed, freely available cases by topic-area experts that introduce readers to a range of questions about…