Gary Stern reports: The state Education Department has produced a last-minute, preliminary “parents’ bill of rights” on the use and security of student data – hours before a legally imposed deadline to do so. Ken Wagner, deputy education commissioner, sent an email to superintendents and other education officials on Tuesday evening alerting them that a…
Category: Youth & Schools
U. Delaware Student Arrested For Putting Cameras In Bathrooms
Fox News reports: The University of Delaware Police have arrested a campus peeper. They said a grad student put hidden cameras in campus bathrooms for the past two years. The university’s students learned about the arrest and the invasion of privacy Friday following a month long investigation. Read more on MyFoxDC Among its efforts, the…
Markey, Hatch Introduce Legislation to Protect Student Privacy
Washington (July 30, 2014) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced the “Protecting Student Privacy Act”, legislation that would help safeguard the educational records of students. The PreK-12 educational software and digital content market currently is worth $7.9 billion, with nearly all school districts relying on cloud services for a…
Minors’ Privacy Claims Against Viacom and Google Over Disclosure of Video Viewing Habits Dismissed
Venkat Balasumbramani writes: Plaintiffs alleged that Viacom created a record when a user views a video or plays a video game, by placing a cookie in the user’s browser which allows Viacom to glean a range of information regarding the user in question. The complaint alleges that Viacom shares this information with Google and also…