Derek Quizon reports: The University of Virginia wants Congress to reform federal student privacy laws that officials say restrict schools’ ability to communicate with law enforcement about sexual assault cases involving students. Dr. Richard Shannon, executive vice president for health affairs at UVa, talked about the proposal at a meeting of a Board of Visitors committee….
Category: Youth & Schools
MI: Student Government poses Yik Yak resolution
Courtney Morrison reports: Anonymity is considered one of the best benefits of the Internet. People are free to say what they want, how they want, at the click of a button. What happens though when people go too far? On November 7th 2014 student government, here at UMD [University of Michigan-Dearborn], passed a resolution calling…
Google, Viacom win dismissal of children’s web privacy lawsuit
Reuters reports: Google Inc and Viacom Inc won the dismissal of a nationwide privacy lawsuit accusing them of illegally tracking the Internet activity of boys and girls who visited Nickelodeon’s website, in order to send targeted advertising. The lawsuit claimed that Viacom secretly kept track of children under the age of 13 who streamed videos…
Son Teaches Dad Privacy Lesson with Glitter Bomb
We’re supposed to teach our kids about privacy. In this case, a kid taught his dad about privacy. Elizabeth Faugl reports: A guy who was tired of his dad opening his mail without permission decided to teach him a lesson. He used the service Ship Your Enemies Glitter to give him the lesson in privacy. The…