Luana Pascu reports: A school in Gdansk, Poland, has been fined PLN 20,000 (roughly US$5,300) by the European Data Protection Board over a biometric data processing breach that affected 680 children in the 2019-2020 school year. The school used a biometric reader to process student’s fingerprints as a form of identification and lunch payment verification, however the…
Category: Youth & Schools
Schools using Google not fazed by New Mexico lawsuit
Mitchell Kirk reports: Leaders of Hancock County schools that use Google’s educational service do not share concerns of accused spying and data mining outlined in a federal lawsuit against the tech giant. New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit against Google in February in a U.S. district court in Albuquerque. The suit accuses…
College students are leading the fight against facial recognition
Andrew Wynch describes how college students around the country are taking the lead in pushing back against the use of facial recognition technology on campuses — and they’re making a difference: The campaign has already seen some immediate results. More than 60 colleges—including big names like Columbia University, the University of Michigan, the University of…
Schools are spying on students — but students can fight back!
EFF LAUNCHES SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE GUIDE FOR STUDENTS San Francisco – Schools across the country are increasingly using technology to spy on students at home, at school, and on social media. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched a new Surveillance Self-Defense guide for students [1] and their parents, so they can learn more about how…