Steve Robinson reports: A public high school in Maine is among the first in the state to adopt biometric scanning technology to track student attendance. Caribou High School in Aroostook County (RSU 39) has contracted with IdentiMetrics to implement a system that scans students’ fingerprints, stores the data, and creates a tracking system so that…
Category: Youth & Schools
Texas Attorney General Expands Pursuit Of Medical Records For Trans Youth
For the second time, and despite questionable legal authority, Ken Paxton is seeking medical records from providers that are not based in Texas. Lil Kalish reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested the medical records of Texas trans youth who sought gender-affirming care from a Georgia-based telehealth clinic last week, escalating an invasive campaign that has alarmed many advocates. The…
Are Test Answers Personal Data?
Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild writes: Are test questions and answers personal data that needs to be provided pursuant to an access request? A German court recently weighed in, providing some good insight regarding both GDPR and U.S. state data privacy laws. Some key takeaways: Answers given by a student in a test could be considered personal…
Relied on by Parents, Hailed by Schools, GPS Bus Trackers Raise Security Risks
App vulnerability exposed real-time school bus location and other sensitive info to anyone with a free account, cybersecurity co. probe reveals By Mark Keierleber This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. Louisville father…