Tracy Crane reports: Danville police and school officials are working this summer on an agreement that would allow police to access school radio communications and video feeds during an emergency. Dave Wesner, the city’s corporation counsel, said the agreement would allow Danville police and other emergency personnel to hear radio communications by administrators and teachers…
Category: Youth & Schools
At this Chinese school, Big Brother was watching students — and charting every smile or frown
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…
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…