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”…
Category: Youth & Schools
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…
Accused Russian Spy Clarifies Request for School Records
Does the right to a defense trump any students’ privacy rights under FERPA? If if a court orders it, it sure does, the defense claims – and I think they’re right. Britain Eakin reports: Accused Russian agent Maria Butina urged a federal judge Friday to allow her to seek information from the university she attended…
School district rebuts NYCLU privacy claim
Connor Hoffman reports: New York Civil Liberties Union recently expressed concerns about Lockport City School District’s handling of potentially sensitive data when it responded to NYCLU’s request for information about its Smart Schools project. District Superintendent Michelle Bradley on Tuesday denied the district gave out any potentially sensitive data in its response to NYCLU’s Freedom of…