Robert Kittle reports: The South Carolina House gave its final approval Wednesday to a bill to protect children from identity theft by allowing their parents to put security freezes on their children’s credit. Right now, there’s no way to do that because, since children don’t have credit, they don’t have credit reports on which to…
Category: Youth & Schools
New Guide For District Tech Leaders on Front Lines of Student Privacy Battle
Benjamin Herold and Sean Cavanagh write: District technology officials worried about protecting students’ sensitive information, complying with federal and state privacy laws, and avoiding legal challenges and parent uproar have a new step-by-step resource for drafting data-privacy policies and contracts with the private companies handling their information. “We’ve had a very rapid adoption of cloud…
Child protective services tracking suspected abusers via social media sites
Harold McNeil reports from Erie County, New York: Searching social media websites has become the newest means for selected Erie County Child Protective Services workers to track those who are under investigation for alleged child abuse. County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz on Tuesday announced the implementation of a new CPS policy that allows designated employees…
Ca: Federal student loan privacy breach class action suit certified
The Telegram reports: A class action lawsuit over a Canada Student Loans privacy breach has been certified by the Federal Court of Canada, says Newfoundland and Labrador lawyer Bob Buckingham. Buckingham, based in St. John’s, is one of he lead counsels on the national case, which centres on the loss of a hard drive by…