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…
Category: Youth & Schools
Nebraska bill would bar companies from mining student data
Grant Schulte reports: Companies that gain access to students’ personal information in schools would be barred from using it for targeted ads under a bill presented to Nebraska lawmakers Tuesday. Sen. Adam Morfeld of Lincoln pitched the measure to a legislative committee as a way to protect students’ online privacy in schools. The proposal would…
Ask an Ethicist: Does posting photos of my kids online violate their privacy?
Daniel Susser is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. He works in philosophy of technology, with a focus on its normative (social/political/ethical) dimensions. And he bravely tried to tackle the question of whether parents should post pictures of their children online, or if it violates their privacy. You can view his…
U football crisis: Train wreck of a privacy law made matters worse
Frank LoMonte of the Student Press Law Center had a guest column in the Star-Tribune last month that was recently reproduced in the Waco Tribune, where it caught my eye. For anyone interested in student privacy issues and how schools often misuse federal law to shield what they do not want to disclose, it’s a great…