Joseph Cox reports: Remini, a smartphone app that launched in 2013, aims to provide parents and educators with a social network to follow a child’s progress throughout school and their early life, documenting important milestones and letting parents share images with their child’s school. But Remini exposed these, and the personal information of its users…
Category: Youth & Schools
UW students publish online ‘rape list’ out of hopelessness
Asia Fields reports: It was 5 a.m. on the first day of school when two University of Washington students started posting flyers around campus. “Do you know the name of someone who has committed sexual assault or harassment? We are collecting names for the world to see,” the flyers read. By the end of the…
International privacy guardians call for stronger protection of student privacy as e-learning expands
GATINEAU, QC, Oct. 26, 2018 /CNW/ – Privacy commissioners from around the world are urging educational authorities and developers of e-learning platforms to better protect the privacy of students, who increasingly use e-learning platforms in the classroom. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien and his international counterparts have adopted a resolution on e-learning platforms in Brussels,…
Schools balance student safety, privacy for enrolled sex offenders
Mallory Gruben reports: If a juvenile sexual or kidnapping offender enrolls at a school in Kelso, the principal must notify that student’s teachers of his or her criminal background — but the student’s classmates will not be made aware that their peer is an offender, according to a new policy the district adopted Monday. Policy…