Jean Trounstine reports: A perfect example of George Orwell’s terrifying view of a society under government surveillance has arrived in the form of ankle monitors for your teens. For parents who “need to keep track of [their] teenager at all times,” Tampa Bay Monitoring in Clearwater, Florida, is selling GPS tracking — similar to the…
Category: Youth & Schools
One student aims to change U’s data privacy policy
From the somebody-please-clone-this-kid-and-put-him-in-charge dept: Niamh Coomey reports: Second-year student Sina Roughani hoped to impress his crush last year with an atypical birthday gift — improving University of Minnesota’s student data privacy policy. The electrical engineering student devoted much of his first semester at the University in 2017 to advocating for a change in the student records…
Student Surveillance Versus Gun Control: The School Safety Discussion We Aren’t Having
Chad Marlow of the ACLU has an article that I would encourage parents of school-age children to read. And if you don’t have school-age kids, but just generally give a damn about letting little kids grow up to become adults instead of getting gunned down at school, read it anyway. Here’s just one snippet: there…
NZ: Dunedin mother ‘unable to sleep’ after DHB shares child’s sexual abuse details
Scott Palmer reports: A Dunedin mother has had her world destroyed after a nurse accidentally shared horrific details of her child’s sexual abuse with a teacher. One of her children has already self-harmed repeatedly, and she fears that if personal information is leaked it could lead to tragedy. “I feel like I’ve failed my children……