California continues to lead the way in privacy in so many respects. Here’s a press release announcing a new report by the California Attorney General’s Office: Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released Ready for School: Recommendations for the Ed Tech Industry to Protect the Privacy of Student Data, a report which outlines best practices for…
Category: Youth & Schools
Colleges are paying as little as 50 cents per student to gain personal information for admissions decisions
Abby Jackson reports: Just as companies pay for consumer data to make informed decisions, it turns out, colleges and universities do the same, according to a report by non-partisan think tank New America. The report, called “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education,” detailed the ways in which colleges pay for student data. For…
Former Rutgers Student Pleads Guilty in Webcam Spying Case
Kate King reports: A former Rutgers University student accused of spying on his gay roommate, who later committed suicide, pleaded guilty Thursday to a reduced charge, ending a long-running case that drew international attention to cyberbullying. The former student, Dharun Ravi, now 24 years old, streamed video of his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man during a sexual encounter in…
Loopholes and Flaws in the Student Privacy Pledge
Sophia Cope and Gennie Gebhart write: With a new school year underway, concerns about student privacy are at the forefront of parents’ and students’ minds. The Student Privacy Pledge, which recently topped 300 signatories and reached its two-year launch anniversary, is at the center of discussions about how to make sure tech and education companies protect students and their information….