Rachel Silberstein reports: The New York Civil Liberties Union is calling on the state Education Department to cancel its approval of a biometric surveillance system for a Western New York school district, arguing that the district has not addressed questions raised by its own experts on potential risks to student privacy. Lockport City School District,…
Category: Youth & Schools
US: Updated Joint Guidance on Privacy and Student Education and Health Records
The U.S. Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released updated joint guidance today addressing the application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to records maintained on students….
Data Protection and GDPR in UK Schools and Educational Establishments
Ed Hyde writes: GDPR has been in effect since the 25th May 2018, replacing previous data protection legislation, with the aim of making all data collection, storage and use more transparent. Companies and organisations that do not comply with the new regulations face heavy fines and penalties. Older regulations could be more difficult to understand,…
Schools monitor kids with vape, sound detectors and now facial recognition
Rachel Silberstein reports: Local educators say the technology is working; vaping in the high school bathrooms is down. Niskayuna and South Colonie school districts are among those in New York installing devices in bathrooms that digitally detect vapor, sending real-time text messages to school administrators as part of comprehensive anti-vaping initiatives. The New York-based Soter…