Rachel Gilmore reports: Two Toronto-area school boards have suspended their participation in a charitable program Public Safety Minister Bill Blair helped establish following allegations that children’s personal information wasn’t adequately protected online. The Ontario privacy commissioner is also looking into the charity’s program. The news comes just days after CTVNews.ca reported that parents filed an 85-page formal…
Category: Youth & Schools
Lockport Schools Facial Recognition Technology Gets NYSED OK
So it’s “Nothing to see here. Move along.”?? Tom Puckett reports: The state education department says a promise by the Lockport school district satisfies its concerns over student data being collected. Lockport schools told the state in a letter the Lockport School District has come to the decision that no student data will be created…
Cheap kids smartwatch exposes the location of 5,000+ children
You may want to scratch this item off your holiday shopping list. Catalin Cimpanu reports: A cheap $35 kids’ smartwatch made in China was caught exposing the personal details and location information for more than 5,000 children and their parents. In a report published today by the Internet of Things testing division of AV-TEST, researchers said…
NY: For now, Lockport wants its facial-recognition security system to just watch for guns
Thomas J. Prohaska reports: Lacking permission to use its 300 digital cameras for facial recognition, officials at the Lockport City School District came up with another idea: Use the cameras to look for guns instead. That was their plan for this Monday, when the system was to be switched on at the district’s schools. But…