sosadmin writes: The Department of Justice’s National Institute for Justice funds law enforcement research to the tune of tens of millions of dollars each year. […] One of those projects is a City of Chicago Board of Education program called “Connect and Redirect to Respect (CRR),” which aims “to use social media monitoring to identify and connect…
Category: Youth & Schools
Senators offer rival bill, Safe Kids Act, on student data privacy
Cory Bennett reports: The Senate now has competing bills aimed at restricting education companies from selling or using student data for targeted ads. Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday introduced the Safe Kids Act. The measure would also require private companies to meet certain data security standards when handling student information….
California school district cancels facial recognition plan
Planet Biometrics reports: A California school has dropped plans to add facial recognition as an added level of security to student’s tablets, citing incompatibility issues. Encinitas school district Superintendent Tim Baird said the plan has been was cancelled because the technology didn’t work with all iPad programs. Read more on Planet Biometrics. So it…
Impero threatens researcher for exposing security holes
Concerned about the security of student information? If so, this should infuriate you: A researcher who exposed security flaws in tools used to monitor the Internet usage of UK students has been hit with a copyright complaint. ‘Slipstream’ discovered flaws in Impero Education Pro which could reveal the personal details of thousands of pupils but…