Herb Weisman reports: Adults aren’t the only ones who can have their identity stolen. Tens of millions of American children had their Social Security numbers, date of birth and health care ID numbers stolen in the recent data breach at health insurance giant, Anthem Inc. This exposes these kids to the real risk of identity…
Category: Youth & Schools
Ca: Yves Bolduc says teen strip search allowed in high schools (Updated to include ministerial backpedalling)
Updated: Following a strongly negative public reaction to his statements yesterday, it appears the Education Minister is backing off. Adam Shostack kindly pointed out that CBC now reports: Bolduc said Wednesday the government has asked an independent person from outside the school board to look into what happened. Once the review is complete, Bolduc said he would…
Italian university to give trans students option of ‘aliases’ to protect privacy
An Italian university has announced that it plans to give transgender students the option of using an online ‘alias’ to borrow books from the library or register for exams. The Naples Federico II University said students would be able to use the aliases to avoid having their privacy violated. Read more on Pink News.
Voucher group requests student info from public schools
This is what happens when you treat students’ information as “Directory Information” under FERPA. Patti Zarling reports: A group that supports private school vouchers is asking for student information from a number of Wisconsin school districts — including Green Bay, De Pere and West De Pere — apparently for recruitment purposes. School Choice Wisconsin, which…