Don Lee reports: At first, it just seemed cool. When facial recognition cameras were installed at a century-old high school here in eastern China, students got in and out of campus, picked up lunch, borrowed books and even bought drinks from a vending machine just by peering into the cameras. No more worrying about forgetting…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: Children’s privacy – Call for Evidence
From the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office: Whether playing online games, watching and sharing videos or interacting with friends via apps and social media, children today grow up with digital technology as a fundamental part of their daily lives. This is a good thing. It is in all our interests to create an environment in which…
Education Scotland order hard reset on school social networking app following major security breach
Derek Healey reports: Education Scotland is facing “very difficult questions” after being forced to order a hard reset of all passwords across its national digital learning platform following a major security breach. An email distributed to headteachers and seen by The Courier has revealed how management called for all log-ins to be scrapped after it…
Penn State employee charged with recording videos of students in bathroom
Evan Hinkley of WTAJ reports: A Penn State employee is charged with a total of 76 counts of invasion of privacy — all in a Bryce Jordan Center men’s bathroom. Police say since last year, 43-year-old Charles Chamberlin, Jr. videotaped a total of 22 victims urinating inside a men’s bathroom while he was hiding in a…