The Daily Caller reports: Students could have advertisements directed at them by Coca-Cola due to holes in existing privacy laws, one expert testified Wednesday during a House hearing on the data security of American schoolchildren. Joel Reidenberg, who directs the Center on Law and Information Policy at Fordham Law School, told joint hearing of two…
Category: Youth & Schools
Mass. student iris scans entered in national missing person’s database
NECN reports: It takes less than a minute to enter a child’s information into a national missing person’s database. All it takes is a photo, some general information like height and weight, and a quick scan of your eyes.“The eyes don’t lie,” said Lewis Evangelidis, the Worcester City sheriff. “The eyes are the identification.”It’s a…
Bobby Jindal signs student privacy bill pushed by Common Core opponents
Julia O’Donoghue reports: Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill Tuesday that will add significant new layers of security to prevent data about Louisiana elementary and secondary students from being shared without parental consent. Most of the changes related to the new law are expected to take place next spring and summer. Read more on nola.com
Congressional hearing tomorrow (June 25): “How Data Mining Threatens Student Privacy”
Joint Hearing: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. Date: June 25, 2014 “How Data Mining Threatens Student Privacy” The joint hearing is scheduled at 11:00 a.m. in room 311 Cannon House Office Building (Homeland Security Hearing Room). **View a Live Webcast of the Hearing**Please…