Dian Schaffhauser reports: Compared to parents in Malaysia, Poland and Italy, American parents look like babes in the woods when it comes to awareness of in-school data mining of their children’s information, including online behavior and email habits. Whereas 75 percent of Malaysians, 71 percent of Poles and 70 percent of Italians are aware of…
Category: Youth & Schools
Threats Against Westchester, LI Schools Prove Online Anonymity Is Yik Yak
Brian Donnelly reports: In the same day this week, a Westchester teen and Long Island teen learned the same lesson – anonymity isn’t real. In separate incidents on Tuesday, police say the teens used an anonymous app called Yik Yak to post threats to their schools. Both suspects were located by police using GPS provided…
California Breaks New Ground in Education Privacy Law with K-12 Student Data Privacy Bill
Maritza Jean-Louis writes: A substantial rise in schools’ use of online educational technology products has caused educators to become increasingly reliant on these products to develop their curricula, deliver materials to students in real time, and monitor students’ progress and learning habits through the collection of data by third-party cloud computing service providers. Unfortunately, with…
Yelp Pays FTC $450K After Child Privacy Violation
Chris Crum reports: Yelp reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the violation of child privacy law. The company had enabled kids under 13 (some even 9 and under reportedly) to sign up for its service, collecting their email addresses with parental consent. This apparently went on from 2009 to 2013. Yelp…