I just love to see students stand up for their rights! Olivia Carville reports: In a precedent-setting decision, two Toronto high school students took their principal to court and won the battle against mandatory breath testing at prom. The Northern Secondary School students petitioned the court after their principal, Ron Felsen, demanded compulsory breathalyzer tests…
Category: Youth & Schools
U. of Wisconsin Police Department explores privacy issues while drafting policy for body cameras
From the good-for-them dept. Emily Neinfeldt reports: The University of Wisconsin Police Department has equipped one officer with a body camera on a trial basis and plans to outfit more when a delivery of 10 more cameras arrive. Until then, UWPD is exploring privacy issues through developing a new policy. UWPD is still drafting policy…
Children’s Lawyers Seek To Revive Privacy Case Against Google, Viacom
Wendy Davis reports: Representatives for a group of young children are appealing a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Google and Viacom of violating a federal video privacy law. The notice of appeal, which was filed this week with the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, doesn’t offer details about the potential arguments the children’s…
IL: Lake Forest schools approve panic-button app
Genevieve Bookwalter reports: Lake Forest teachers soon will have a cell phone app that operates like a panic button, letting them alert police and administrators and track students in case of a school shooting or other emergency. At a school board meeting Monday night, members of the District 67 board of education, which governs Lake…