Charmaine Little reports: Madison County Circuit Judge Dave Hylla has granted Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s motion to dismiss a student’s $50 million privacy lawsuit. Plaintiff Bryan Harris’ had sued in June, claiming SIUE infringed on his rights in violation of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when it allegedly released his private information…
Category: Youth & Schools
Lockport Schools pull faces from facial recognition system; will only track guns
Madison Carter reports: The Lockport City School District began classes last week — without its long discussed AEGIS facial recognition technology in place. The State Department of Education told the district to hold off on installing the system while more questions were answered about its use and scope. Superintendent Michelle Bradley told our 7 Eyewitness…
MN: Parent files lawsuit against Edina School District for alleged ‘strip’ search of 8-year-old student
Estefan Saucedo reports: A parent is suing the Edina School District on behalf of her child after an alleged “strip” search of the 8-year-old student. The lawsuit alleges that the incident took place during the 2016-17 school year at Countryside School when the child, who is now 9 years old, was in second grade. Read…
Disturbing cyber security loophole found in Australian schools
Ally Foster reports on a concern that affects not only some Australian students, but students everywhere where G Suite for Education is used and where a district creates students’ email addresses structured as studentfirstname.studentlastname@district… Most schools in Australia use the Google Education Suite and the loophole means potential predators can verify a student’s email in…