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…
Category: Youth & Schools
School STI Services Raise Complications of HIPAA Confidentiality
Grant M. Gallagher reports: Increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have health officials warning of a public health crisis in the United States. There is evidence that some pediatricians are reserved in talking to at-risk teenagers about STIs and testing. Additionally, when adolescents are diagnosed with STIs in the emergency room, research has found that more than 40% do…
A computer science teaching assistant removed from staff following potential FERPA violation
It’s not often I read about someone being fired for a FERPA violation. Then I realized that the news source was a student-run publication. Good for them for covering this topic. Ujwal Srivastava reports: A computer science teaching assistant (TA) was removed from the staff of CS 224N: “Natural Language Processing” after using its course…
Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through Chromebooks
Nick Statt reports: Google is facing a new lawsuit filed by the state of New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday, alleging the company violates the privacy of students who use free Chromebooks provided to schools through the company’s G Suite for Education platform. […] The data the suit accuses Google of collecting includes sensitive information…