Meghan Ottolini reports: A number of high-profile technology companies signed a voluntary commitment in October to protect student data. According to Boston-based educational technology company Cengage, the Federal Trade Commission has monitored the behavior of several of these companies. The “Pledge to Safeguard Student Privacy” asks companies functioning in education technology to “not sell student…
Category: Youth & Schools
AU: Big Brother in schools tracking students’ digital footprints
Eryk Bagshaw reports: Sydney schools are employing “big brother” data collection technology to track whether students are finishing their homework, skipping classes as well as how much their parents are likely to donate. This week it was revealed that 34 schools in NSW – including The King’s School and Barker College – were using software…
UK: MoD requested sensitive pupil data… by mistake
Parents of school children in the U.K. might understandably feel that their children’s privacy is increasingly under attack these past few weeks. First, there was Waltham Forest Council administering questionnaires to students in schools with large Muslim enrollment asking how much the students trust the police and people from another race or religion. And now Schools Week reveals that the…
Oregon Student Privacy Bill Heads To House Floor
Rob Manning reports: Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum threw her support behind legislation aimed at protecting student online privacy Thursday. The bill is attracting criticism in the state House. Senate Bill 187, or the student privacy bill, aims to stop vendors from using their software to advertise to students, or to collect and store students’ personal information. Read…