Remember when I raised questions about why Google Apps for Education were showing ads to students even though they had signed the Student Privacy Pledge? Google never answered me, but I wasn’t the only one asking questions. And I’m very glad to see this press release from EFF today, even though it doesn’t address the advertising question…
Category: Youth & Schools
Kid’s toys are recording and transmitting every conversation
Joe Cadillic points out to a “Hell No Barbie” post from Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC): “Prepare your daughter for a lifetime of surveillance with Hello Barbie, the doll that records children’s private conversations and transmits them to cloud servers, where they are analyzed by algorithms and listened to by strangers. Girls will learn important lessons,…
NH: Manchester school board holds hearing on classroom recordings
Paul Feely reports: The Board of School Committee held a public hearing Monday night on a policy governing the use of audio and video recordings in city classrooms. A new state law, RSA 189:68, requires school districts to hold public hearings on recordings that might be made in a public classroom, and to obtain permission from…
In Court: EPIC Urges Massachusetts to Protect Student Privacy
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed an amicus brief in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court regarding a student privacy case. EPIC said that the police should obtain a warrant before seizing a student’s cell phone. Citing a recent Supreme Court case, EPIC explained “Modern cell phones . . . implicate privacy concerns far beyond those implicated by the search of…