Biometrics in Schools writes: Fingerprinting children in school, especially primary school children, is a contentious issue – with parents and children having the right in the UK not to participate. Schools must seek written consent to take and process a child’s biometric data. Not so in Australia it seems. In this article it reported that East Para Primary School has told…
Category: Youth & Schools
University Of Oregon Violated Sexual Assault Victim’s Medical Privacy, Employees Claim
Tyler Kingkade reports: The University of Oregon illegally pried through the medical records of a female student who was expected to file a sexual assault-related lawsuit against the school, a staff therapist claims. Jennifer Morlok, a senior staff therapist at UO’s counseling center, alleges in a letter to university administrators and a Justice Department attorney…
Schools May Put Student Data at Risk
Ty Tagami of AJC reports: Schools are harnessing high-powered computer networks and sophisticated software to improve education, but privacy advocates warn they may be putting students at risk. The fear is that their personal information can slip out of school district hands when it’s entrusted to corporations. With fraud and identity theft rising and advertising…
Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products for Schoolchildren
Natasha Singer reports: When Tony Porterfield’s two sons came home from elementary school with an assignment to use a reading assessment site called Raz-Kids.com, he was curious, as a parent, to see how it worked. As a software engineer, he was also curious about the site’s data security practices. And he was dismayed to discover that…