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…
Category: Youth & Schools
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…
Compulsory fingerprinting for primary school children in Australia
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…
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…