Benjamin Herold reports: Major possible revisions to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act were debated in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, even as new federal student-data-privacy legislation proposed by the White House continues to inch forward. “Despite the advent of computers, the Internet, Wi-Fi, and cloud services, the law has not been significantly…
Category: Youth & Schools
FL: No decision about student drug testing at Vero Beach High school
Brian Entin reports: Invasion of your child’s privacy…or just a sign of the times? The Indian River County School District voting Tuesday bring the issue of random drug testing at Vero Beach High School to a public hearing in March. No final decision was made on Tuesday night. […] Students are already randomly drug tested…
Fordham University’s Center on Law and Information Policy Publishes Privacy Handbook for Student Information Online: A Toolkit for Schools and Parents
This looks like a great – and free – resource! Fordham University School of Law Center on Law and Information Policy is pleased to announce the publication of the Privacy Handbook for Student Information Online: A Toolkit for Schools and Parents, which is designed to provide materials that offer tools for school administrators, teachers and parents so…
CORRECTION: EPIC Urges House to Safeguard Student Privacy
From EPIC.org: EPIC has sent a statement to a House Committee in advance of the Committee’s hearing on “How Emerging Technology Affects Student Privacy.” EPIC urged the Committee to “pursue effective measures that meaningfully safeguard student data,” including adoption of the Student Privacy Bill of Rights, privacy enhancing techniques, and a private right of action against companies that unlawfully disclose student…