Brad Kutner reports: The Fourth Circuit Thursday has sided with a Virginia teen who claimed police officers violated his right to privacy by forcing him to masturbate as they gathered evidence against him for “sexting” his underage girlfriend. Trey Sims, of Prince William County, Virginia, was 17 when he was arrested in 2014 for sending…
Category: Youth & Schools
States Issue Privacy Ultimatums to Education Technology Vendors
Stephen Noonoo reports: Last October Connecticut’s leading education groups and associations issued a joint ultimatum to vendors that use or collect student data: Comply with our new data-privacy requirements or take your business elsewhere. The requirements came courtesy of a new state law that has led to a flurry of activity by vendors, school districts…
Grad Student Complaint Raises Legal, Data Security Questions At PSU
Rob Manning has additional details on a controversial situation involving Portland State University conducting research on k-12 students. The initial report by Katie Shepherd on Willamette Weekly raised questions as to whether notice and consent were required by FERPA and whether the university had violated any laws by having its graduate students, who were student-teachers for the…
NY: Suffolk County unveils initiative that lets police access school cameras
Mark Morales reports: Authorities in Suffolk County have unveiled a new initiative aimed at getting eyes inside a school in case a situation becomes dangerous. The measure — known as SHARE, Sharing to Help Access Remote Entry — will give school districts the ability to connect their existing closed-circuit television inside the school directly to…