Nathaniel Polley reports: The University of Missouri says it is now tracking all students on campus via its new app tracking program. The University implemented the program through an app to see if students were attending class. Read more on KTTS.com.
Category: Youth & Schools
UK lays out tough child data privacy rules
Kelvin Chan of AP reports: Social media sites, games and other online services won’t be allowed to “nudge” British kids into revealing personal details or lowering their privacy settings, under tough new rules drawn up by the country’s privacy regulator. The set of standards aimed at protecting children’s online privacy were released Wednesday by the…
UK: Revealed: betting firms use schools data on 28m children
Kenza Bryan, Sian Griffiths and Jon Ungoed-Thomas report on an epic student data privacy FAIL: Betting companies have been given access to an educational database containing names, ages and addresses of 28 million children and students in one of the biggest breaches of government data. They have used it to help increase the proportion of…
Washington Schools’ Mental Health Survey Puts Student Gender and Sexuality Data at Risk
There is a lot of buzz in my Twitter timeline — mostly angry — over something in Washington State. David Gershgorn reported: In an effort to curb substance abuse and flag student mental health issues, in 2018, Washington state’s King County started giving students an unusual electronic survey. The Check Yourself screener, which is conducted…