Jason Gonzales reports: Nashville schools officials have scheduled a meeting with two women about a possible student privacy rights violation tied to an alleged testing scandal. Almost identical letters were sent to Metro Nashville Public Schools employees Shana West and Kelly Brown on Dec. 30 requesting separate meetings on Wednesday because of what the district called an “apparent violation” of the Family Education Rights and Privacy…
Category: Youth & Schools
Report From the Student Privacy Frontlines: 2015 in Review
Annelyse Gelman writes: his year the fight to protect student privacy hit a boiling point with our Spying on Students campaign, an effort to help students, parents, teachers, and school administrators learn more about the privacy issues surrounding school-issued devices and cloud services. We’re also working to push vendors like Google to put students and their…
Google, a ‘school official?’ This regulatory quirk can leave parents in the dark.
Andrea Peterson reports: Google is a major player in U.S. education. In fact, in many public schools around the country, it’s technically a “school official.” And that designation means parents may not get a chance to opt out of having information about their children shared with the online advertising giant. Read more on Washington Post.
New NC law will let parents put security freeze on child’s credit report
WECT in North Carolina is reporting on a new law in NC that might become a model for other states when it comes to protecting children from identity theft: Parents in North Carolina will soon be able to help protect their children from identity theft. A new bill that takes effect January 1, 2016 will…