Michael S. Lockett reports: The Juneau School District is attempting to provide parents, students and school board members more information about a new computer monitoring program that was installed this school year without prior notification. JSD informed parents via email about Bark — software which monitors for “harmful” content including school shooters, self-harm, pornography and…
Category: Youth & Schools
NZ: Case note 297084 [2019] NZPriv Cmr 11: Parents complain school mishandled their child’s sensitive medical data
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:…
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…