I love reading case notes from Privacy Commissioners in other parts of the world to see how they apply their countries’ regulations. There’s a new decision from New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner that will probably be of interest to parents of American schoolchildren as it involves how school personnel handled a student’s medical information. Spoiler alert:…
Category: Youth & Schools
Maryland privacy council tackles substandard student data protections
Ryan Johnston reports: Just three months after an audit of the Maryland Education Department’s data-storage practices found it was placing the personal information of 1.4 million students and 233,000 teachers at risk, a statewide council of Maryland education officials are trying to change the state’s data-privacy laws. Maryland’s new Student Data Privacy Council met for the first time…
TN: Metro Schools: ICE showed up at Nashville elementary school, sought student records
Kaylin Jorge reports: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) showed up at a Nashville elementary school in September seeking student records, FOX 17 News has confirmed. Metro Schools said ICE agents went to Una Elementary School and tried to get information about students from school officials. ICE agents were not given any records, MNPS…
Florida is scooping up huge amounts of data on schoolchildren, including security camera footage and discipline records, and researchers are worried
Kate Fazzini reports: Researchers from the Aspen Institute are raising concerns about a Florida initiative meant to collect and collate huge amounts of data on schoolchildren in the state, according to a report released Thursday. Florida schools are now required to collect, store and crunch data on students in the name of predicting school shootings. The Florida Schools…