Kashmir Hill and Aaron Krolik report: The pictures of Chloe and Jasper Papa as kids are typically goofy fare: grinning with their parents; sticking their tongues out; costumed for Halloween. Their mother, Dominique Allman Papa, uploaded them to Flickr after joining the photo-sharing sitec in 2005. None of them could have foreseen that 14 years…
Category: Youth & Schools
State forms data privacy council to address protecting student information issues
Tim Tooten reports: After a recent state audit showed that Maryland needs to do a better job of protecting student’s personal records, the state has formed a student data privacy council to help address the issue. There have been concerns for some time, both in Maryland and around the nation about how much is too…
Lawmakers Urge AG Raoul to Investigate College Board for Selling Student Data
Matt Masterston reports: A group of Democratic Illinois lawmakers believes the vendor that develops and administers the SAT and Advanced Placement exams may be violating state law by selling student data to colleges, universities and scholarship providers. Nine state senators and representatives this week penned a letter to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, urging him…
UMN student data privacy policy goes under review
Samantha Hendrickson reports: After about two years of advocacy by the Minnesota Student Association and other students, the University of Minnesota policy concerning student data privacy is eligible for a comprehensive review, with potential amendments being drafted for the first time since 2011. The current policy makes some student information publicly available without the student’s…