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….
Category: Youth & Schools
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…
New Artificial Intelligence Law for Illinois Employers in January 2020
Julia Kadish and Liisa Thomas of SheppardMullin write: January 1, 2020, organizations that employ individuals based in Illinois will need to keep in mind the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act. This Act sets forth new requirements for video-recorded interviews using AI to analyze such recordings. The law is not limited to just Illinois residents. It applies…