Denisa R. Superville reports: With rising concern over student privacy ushered in by the increasing use of technology in schools—from apps in the classrooms, cloud services for storage, and other digital products that collect students’ personal information—the National Association of Secondary School Principals released today a set of recommendations to help safeguard student privacy. The recommendations,…
Category: Youth & Schools
OK: OU President Boren responds to lawsuit, orders release of parking ticket information
What a difference a day lawsuit makes. Paris Burris reports: OU President David Boren has released a statement ordering OU parking ticket information be available to the public and the media in response to a lawsuit against the university led by Daily staff member Joey Stipek. Read more on The Oklahoma Daily. I had posted and tweeted about…
Hiding behind FERPA? Why The Oklahoma Daily is joining a lawsuit against Oklahoma University
The Oklahoma Daily editorial board writes: Today, The Oklahoma Daily is suing OU for withholding records that we believe are public under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. We hope this lawsuit will serve as a precedent for colleges and universities where administrators are misinterpreting an important federal law which, in turn, keeps information from the public. […] Access…
Student sues U. Montana over alleged privacy rights violations
Alex Sakariassen reports: University of Montana law student Daniel Knudsen filed suit against UM this week over alleged violations of privacy rights. Knudsen’s complaint, filed on behalf of all students enrolled at UM from spring 2010 to the present, claims the university illegally released his and others’ personally identifiable information to Connecticut-based Higher One Holdings,…