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…
Category: Youth & Schools
Israeli teacher in nude Web photos to return to classroom
Batsheva Sobelman reports: A week after nude pictures of an Israeli high school teacher were posted online, the mother of two plans to return to class Tuesday as debate here swirls over issues of privacy, law and digital decorum. The woman, who teaches 12th grade at a privately run school in the city of Ashkelon,…
Missouri RFID Ban Highlights Nation’s Privacy Fears
Heather Sells reports: Student privacy advocates are hailing a new law in Missouri that bans school districts from tracking students using radio frequency technology. Last week, state lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto of the bill. Read more on CBN
A day in the life of a data mined kid
Adrienne Hill reports: Education, like pretty much everything else in our lives these days, is driven by data. Our childrens’ data. A whole lot of it. Nearly everything they do at school can be — and often is — recorded and tracked, and parents don’t always know what information is being collected, where it’s going,…