CTV reports: The Simcoe County District School Board is warning students and parents of a possible privacy breach after discovering surveillance cameras were secretly installed in some of the music classrooms at Collingwood Collegiate Institute. The discovery was made late last year and the board has been investigating the matter with Collingwood OPP and the…
Category: Youth & Schools
Leaked document reveals Facebook conducted research to target emotionally vulnerable and insecure youth
Nick Whigham reports: FACEBOOK has come under fire over revelations it is targeting potentially vulnerable youths who “need a confidence boost” to facilitate predatory advertising practices. The allegation was revealed this morning by The Australian which obtained internal documents from the social media giant which reportedly show how Facebook can exploit the moods and insecurities…
Why the State Audit of LA’s Largest Charter School Chain Matters
Bill Raden reports: A state audit gave Alliance College-Ready Public Schools a mixed review last week, following an 11-month examination of spending and privacy issues related to Alliance’s two-year battle against teachers organizing a union at the charter network’s 28 schools. Though Alliance has been cleared of suspicions that it might have used public tax…
EFF Releases Spying on Students Ed Tech Report
Sophia Cope of EFF writes: EFF Survey Reveals Gaps in Protecting the Privacy of K-12 Students Using School-Issued Devices and Cloud Apps “They are collecting and storing data to be used against my child in the future, creating a profile before he can intellectually understand the consequences of his searches and digital behavior.” This was…