A lawsuit by New Mexico’s attorney general accuses a popular app maker, as well as online ad businesses run by Google and Twitter, of violating children’s privacy law. Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Natasha Singer, Aaron Krolik and Michael H. Keller report: Before Kim Slingerland downloaded the Fun Kid Racing app for her then-5-year-old son, Shane, she checked…
Category: Youth & Schools
U.S. Department of Education guidance: Under FERPA, students cannot be required to waive rights as condition of participation
Hogan Lovells calls attention to an important guidance. In November 2017, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a letter clarifying student and parental rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) when a school uses online third-party service providers to deliver all or a portion of an educational program. In response to…
NL: Police call on youngsters to stop sexting after explosion of cases
Dutch police are youngsters to stop sending risque photos of themselves to others, following an ‘explosion’ of abuse this year, the AD reports. Reports of photos being placed online or used for blackmail have been coming in at the rate of three a day this year, police told the paper on Tuesday. Earlier warnings to…
Australian schools begin spying trials using facial recognition technology
Mandy Squires reports: Australian schools are being asked to trial technology that will allow them to spy on students. A new company called LoopLearn is hopeful its facial recognition technology and “small, unobtrusive* devices,” which scan the schoolgrounds looking for students, will be used by schools across the country. The technology is designed to cut…