Shaun Boyd reports that State Rep. Alec Garnett and State Rep. Paul Lundeen have teamed up on a bipartisan student privacy bill that would define “what is the data that’s being collected, who can see it, what can they do with it, who can they share it with and under what circumstances can it be shared, and…
Category: Youth & Schools
PogoWasRight.org files complaint with FTC concerning children’s privacy online
Earlier this week, I posed some questions to readers about tracking/monitoring your children, and the privacy of children who communicate with your child when they don’t know that you’re monitoring/seeing every private message or image. I asked you all to think about this question: So it’s okay with you if some other child’s parents are…
Teen develops Mutter Mail privacy app
I don’t know if there’s been any real security audit of this app, but I do love seeing teens focused on developing privacy tools. Gary Haber reports: A high school student with a cellphone can get into a lot of trouble. A hastily sent Facebook post or Twitter message can last forever and come back to bite someone when they’re…
Is it OK to spy on your kids? How about other people’s kids?
WISH in Indianapolis recently reported: As kids get older, they will likely ask you for social media accounts and a cell phone. As their parent, you might agree to it as long as you can monitor what they’re doing. But when does ‘monitoring’ cross the line into spying? And do kids have a right to…