Maham Abedi reports: Amazon has come under fire once again over privacy practices related to its Alexa voice assistant software. On Thursday, privacy advocates in the U.S. said the kids’ version of Amazon’s Alexa won’t forget what children tell it — even after parents try to delete the conversations. That’s why they’re asking the Federal…
Category: Youth & Schools
Critics say vaccine bill will risk kids’ medical privacy. Real threat? Or red herring?
Melody Gutierrez reports: California lawmakers want more state oversight of immunizations, and under a bill they are pushing, the state would begin collecting sensitive health information of schoolchildren whose doctors have exempted them from vaccinations due to medical reasons. But that proposed data collection has alarmed some parents already opposed to state-mandated vaccinations, who question…
App Stores Remove Three Dating Apps After FTC Warns Operator about Potential COPPA, FTC Act Violations
Three dating apps have been removed from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play Store following allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that the apps allowed children as young as 12 to access them and appeared to be in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC Act. In a recent…
School Surveillance Videos are Not Educational Records under FERPA
Christopher Voltz of Tucker Arensberg, P.C. writes: Easton Area Sch. Dist. v. Miller, 191 A.3d 75 (Pa. Cmmw. 2018). The Commonwealth Court holds that a school bus surveillance video that depicted a school teacher roughly disciplining a student was not an “education record” under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), 20 U.S.C….