Ellen Ullman reports: Student data privacy is a hot-button issue. In the last five years, according to Amelia Vance, director of education privacy & policy counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), over 600 bills on the topic have been introduced and 125 new laws have passed in about 40 states. “Unfortunately, the vast majority…
Category: Youth & Schools
EdTech AI Startup Wants to Rescue Special Education
I don’t usually post press releases for start-ups or commercial ventures, but this one is a bit different and the more eyes and audits we put on it, the better, perhaps, because now we’re dealing with sensitive and personal information of children with disabilities. SEATTLE, Oct. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Inspired Futures AI, a Seattle-area…
My Daughter’s Middle School Plans to Teach Her Meek Compliance With Indiscriminate Invasions of Privacy
Jacob Sullum writes: Late Friday afternoon, I received a notice from the Plano Independent School District, which runs the middle school our youngest daughter attends in Dallas, describing a new policy authorizing “random, suspicion-less metal detector searches” of students in grades 6 through 12. The district plans to use “both walk-through and hand-held metal detectors”…
Viacom Can’t Arbitrate Kids’ Data Privacy Row, Judge Says
A California federal judge has shot down Viacom’s bid to send to arbitration a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully collecting and selling personal information belonging to children who used one of its mobile apps, ruling that there was no evidence that the users had ever seen or agreed to the arbitration requirement. Read…