I meant to post this last week, but hey, I’m old, I forget. Benjamin Herold reports: Nevada state education officials recently told a parent it would cost him more than $10,000 to access the data the department has collected on his four children, raising a tangled web of questions about everything from the structure of…
Category: Youth & Schools
NY lawmakers OK bill to curb child identity theft
AP reports that lawmakers in New York state have passed a law designed to help parents prevent their children from becoming the victims of identity theft. The bill, which requires credit agencies to put a credit record freeze on the account of a minor at parent’s or guardian’s request, heads to the governor’s desk. Read more on…
Louisiana education department creating new identifier system without SSN
Re-posting this as it was lost in the DNS change: Melinda Deslatte of AP reports that the Louisiana state education board is spending up to $1 million to create a new identification system for public school students that doesn’t use Social Security numbers. Read more on The Republic.
MD: Attorney General Gansler Secures Settlement from Snapchat, Inc.
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that he has secured a settlement from Snapchat, Inc., over alleged deceptive trade practices and violations of federal laws intended to protect children’s privacy online. The mobile application by the same name, which is popular among teens and pre-teens, is used on smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile…