Jessica Peters reports: About 1,000 past and present students in the Chilliwack School District may have been affected by a privacy breach that took place between 2005 and 2015. A letter explaining the breach was published by the district on their website on Dec. 22, 2017, but the information has not come up in any…
Category: Youth & Schools
Nikolas Cruz refused mental health services once he reached 18, Runcie says
There’s a concerning piece in the Sun Sentinel that describes how alleged mass shooter Nikolas Crus refused special education/mental health services at age 18, and how there was nothing the school district could do about that. The intersection between HIPAA and FERPA is one that has come up before – most notably after the Virginia Tech…
The six big privacy concerns for edtech
Patience Wait reports: In December, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission hosted a workshop on student privacy and edtech in Washington, D.C. During one panel, Priscilla Regan, a professor at George Mason University — who has been writing about privacy policy since the late 1970s — set the framework for discussion by identifying six broad concerns…
Macomb County safety system allows officials to use cameras to track school shooters
Syma Chowdhry reports: After last week’s school shooting in Florida, many local law enforcement officials are reviewing their safety measures if faced with the same situation. The Macomb County Communications and Technology Center, known as COMTEC, has the capability to access cameras in schools, becoming a hub for police during an active shooter situation. […]…