Ross Todd reports: Lawyers at Gallo LLP on Wednesday amended an email-scanning lawsuit they filed earlier this year on behalf of four former UC-Berkeley students against Google Inc. to add more than 700 additional plaintiffs from schools across the country. The flood of new plaintiffs in the suit raises the stakes significantly. Plaintiffs have sued…
Category: Youth & Schools
Don’t Post About Me on Social Media, Children Say
KJ Dell’Antonia writes that a recent study of 249 parent-child pairs revealed that kids are three times more concerned about what their parents are sharing about them online than the parents are. Read more on Well. h/t, Joe Cadillic
Student who sent nude pics of former Union teacher arrested, say police
WSPA reports: The 16-year-old student who allegedly distributed nude pictures of former Union teacher Leigh Anne Arthur has been charged with Computer Crimes Act and Aggravated Voyeurism, according to Union Police Chief Sam White. They say the charge of Computer Crimes is a result of the juvenile accessing the personal information of the cell phone…
UK: Charity warns ‘named persons’ law may breach children’s rights to privacy
Stephen Naysmith reports: The controversial law guaranteeing a ‘named person’ for every child in Scotland could breach young people’s human rights, a legal charity has warned. Clan Childlaw is to tell the UK Supreme Court next week that agencies such as health, education and social work will be justified in sharing information about a child…