Bonnie Yeomans, Stephanie Kapinos and Kevin Milewski of Proskauer write: Earlier this month, the FTC sent a letter to Wildec, LLC, the Ukraine-based maker of several mobile dating apps, alleging that the apps were collecting the personal information and location data of users under the age of 13 without first obtaining verifiable parental consent or…
Category: Youth & Schools
Justices Decline to Review Case Involving Strip Search of 4-Year-Old at School
Mark Walsh reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case involving the warrantless strip-search at school of a 4-year-old student by a county caseworker looking for evidence of abuse. The case of I.B. v. Woodard (No. 18-1173) raised several important legal questions for educators, including whether a child welfare caseworker…
Webster superintendent defends email snooping, says serious allegations under investigation
Meaghan M. McDermott reports: Officials in the Webster Central School District went on a covert fishing expedition through the emails of school board member David Metzger, a counselor in the Greece schools, trying to figure out what, if anything, he has been saying about Superintendent Carmen Gumina and other board members behind their backs. In the process,…
Success Academy released psychologists’ notes about a former student. Now, the family has filed a federal complaint.
Alex Zimmerman reports: A former Success Academy parent filed a federal privacy complaint Thursday claiming the charter network violated her daughter’s rights by releasing her education records to a reporter, including notes from psychologists and her special education learning plan. The complaint — which is unlikely to result in consequences for Success — comes in…