Sandy Coronilla reports: The city of San Diego was sued in California Superior Court on Tuesday to change a San Diego Police Department policy that ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties said allows for DNA collection from minors without parental consent. The incident that prompted the lawsuit involves alleged over-policing of Logan Heights, a…
Category: Youth & Schools
The Higher Ed Learning Revolution: Tracking Each Student’s Every Move
Eric Westervelt writes: On campuses today almost every educational interaction leaves digital traces. Assignments and feedback are given through online portals; debates and discussions happen via learning management systems as well as in classrooms, cafes and dorm rooms. Those and other digital crumbs give technologists the opportunities to examine the processes, practices and goals of…
A School Librarian Caught In The Middle of Student Privacy Extremes
Gennie Gebhart writes: As a school librarian at a small K-12 district in Illinois, Angela K. is at the center of a battle of extremes in educational technology and student privacy. On one side, her district is careful and privacy-conscious when it comes to technology, with key administrators who take extreme caution with ID numbers, logins,…
NY: New state policy allows doctors access to younger patients’ electronic health data
The Buffalo News reports: A change in state policy now allows participating providers to securely access data through Western New York’s clinical information exchange for patients ages 10 to 17. Access requires a parent or legal guardian signing an affirmative HEALTHeLINK consent form on behalf of the minor patient. […] Providers need to be aware that…