The Casper Star-Tribune editorial board writes: When it comes to the public’s right to know, some things are very simple. Here’s one of those things: University email accounts shouldn’t be exempt from public records requests. That includes those of students. That’s why lawmakers’ recent interest in writing a measure to ensure University of Wyoming student…
Category: Youth & Schools
Indians Flood the Internet With #SelfieWithDaughter Photos
Rishi Iyengar reports: Thousands of people across India (and several from various corners of the globe) flooded social media Sunday with selfies taken with their daughters in response to a call from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi appealed to his country during his monthly radio address to share photos with the tag #SelfieWithDaughter — an…
IE: Complaints over hidden cameras at Limerick school
Fintan Walsh reports: A number of concerned parents have issued complaints to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), after it was revealed that hidden cameras were placed inside Ahane National School without their knowledge. A large number of parents also called for questions to be answered by the board of management at the school,…
No Child Left Un-Mined? Student Privacy at Risk in the Age of Big Data
Farai Chideya reports: On Facebook, it’s the season where parents are posting pictures of K-12 graduations, including moppets in tiny mortarboards. But unlike a generation ago, today’s smallest graduates are amassing a big data trail. Just as medical and government files have been digitized — some to be anonymized and sold; all susceptible to breaches…