Charity Lindsey reports that the response to a court ruling ordering the state to turn over information on 10 million students to a non-profit organization has been swift: some legislators have proposed a new law limiting the information districts can collect and requiring them to notify parents how to opt out of compliance with the…
Category: Youth & Schools
Google says it tracks personal student data, but not for advertising
Why did it take a letter from a U.S. Senator to get answers to these questions? Why couldn’t Google have just told us when we asked? Emma Brown reports: What does Google do with the personal information it collects from children who use Google products at school? That has become a pressing question for privacy advocates…
Oregon House OKs Knopp bill to protect student records privacy
KTVZ reports: The Oregon Senate on Monday unanimously approved a bill co-sponsored by Bend Republican Tim Knopp to protect the rights of university and college students regarding medical, counseling and mental health records. Knopp joined Sen. Sara Gelser (D-Corvallis) and Rep. Ann Lininger (D-Lake Oswego) as chief sponsors of Senate Bill (SB) 1558-A, which was…
California Student Information Released to Nonprofit
This is just so bad on so many levels. Why isn’t this data being de-identified before it is being released? And why aren’t there blaring headlines all over California to alert parents to opt out? Consumer Bob reports: Millions of public school students will soon have their personal information and school records handed over to…