Philippine Daily Inquirer reports: The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Wednesday began investigating a medical school here to determine if it was liable for unauthorized data collection when it directed its female students to undergo pregnancy tests. The first hearing was held behind closed doors, but Pines City Colleges said that mandatory pregnancy examinations were meant…
Category: Youth & Schools
University Says Plan to Search Student Devices to ‘Be Finalized’
Fan Liya reports: A university in southern China said a plan to “thoroughly check” students’ electronic devices for illegal content was yet “to be finalized” after the announcement faced backlash online, Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper reported Tuesday. Guilin University of Electronic Technology in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region had issued a campus-wide notice that…
7-year-old receives disturbing messages on electronic watch
WOWT reports: A Sarpy County mother fears for the safety of her two young children. She’s searching for answers after her youngest daughter received disturbing voice messages on her electronic watch. “We buy these for our kids to be safe and here they are potentially putting them in more danger,” concerned mother, Tifffany Berney, said….
School cameras give illusion of safety at privacy’s expense
Jim Schultz writes: When my daughter returned to classes this fall at Lockport High School in western New York, she and other students in our small district were welcomed by something new — a $2.7 million network of 300 high-tech facial recognition cameras. No other school in the nation has anything close to it. The…