From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand, a program for children (and their teachers): Keeping children safe on the internet is a difficult task in today’s rapidly evolving technological world. To make it easier, the Privacy Commissioner in conjunction with Netsafe and supported by the NZ National Commission for UNESCO, has developed…
Category: Youth & Schools
Student sex offender assigned placement, district parents won’t be notified
Justin Andrews reports: Tuesday, Iowa City School District board members approved a plan on how to educate a student who is a registered sex offender. After a 30-minute closed session, the board decided where to place the student. The board voted 5-0 to accept the recommendation from superintendent Stephen Murley for the placement of the…
Student privacy bill approved by California Assembly
California’s Assembly today approved a first-in-the-nation online privacy measure, authored by Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg, which prohibits uses of student personal information for profit. Senate Bill 1177, the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA), passed unanimously on a 71-0 vote and heads back to the Senate for concurrence. Read more about the bill on…
9 Things You Can Do Right Now to Protect Your Kids’ Privacy at School
Dan Tynan writes: Worried about what happens to all that data your child is generating while in school? There are things you can do to gain more control over what happens to your child’s data. None are as easy as installing an app or changing browser settings, but here’s what you can do now. Read…