Last week, Louisiana Educator compiled a list of bills in the Louisiana legislature concerning student data privacy and parental rights: HB 555 by Henry, HB 560 by Ivey, HB 946 by Schroeder, HB 384 by Cromer, and SB 455 by G. Smith prohibits certain student data collection and sharing SB 308 by Crowe and HB 591 by Henry provides for privacy rights of parents SB 449 by Appel…
Category: Youth & Schools
Google Under Fire for Data-Mining Student Email Messages
More on a lawsuit covered previously on this blog. Benjamin Herold writes: As part of a potentially explosive lawsuit making its way through federal court, giant online-services provider Google has acknowledged scanning the contents of millions of email messages sent and received by student users of the company’s Apps for Education tool suite for schools. Read more…
PA: Constitutional Claim Against High School
Erin McAuley reports: A high school unconstitutionally suspended a freshman for a harmless comment he wrote at home on his Facebook page, the boy and his family claim in court. R.L., a 15-year-old from Manchester, Pa., and his parents, Jill and Michael Lordan, sued Central York School District, its Superintendent Michael Snell and Central York…
UK: Ucas sells access to student data for phone and drinks firms’ marketing
Lucy Ward reports: Access to the data of more than a million teenagers and students and thousands of their parents is being sold to advertisers such as mobile phone and energy drinks companies by Ucas, the university applications body. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service received more than £12m last year in return for targeted advertising and sales of…