Trevon Milliard reports: Every single child in Nevada public schools will soon be assigned an identification number and tracked in detail from preschool through high school to college under the combined efforts of a trio of state departments creating a super-data system. The system will be completed by July 2015 and will track individual test…
Category: Youth & Schools
FTC Concludes Review of iVeriFly’s Proposed COPPA Verifiable Parental Consent Method
Following a public comment period and review of iVeriFly’s proposed Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule verifiable parental consent method application, the Federal Trade Commission determined it was unnecessary to approve the company’s specific method. In a letter to iVeriFly, the FTC stated that the company’s proposed method is a variation on existing methods already recognized in…
U.S. Education Department Issues Guidance on Student Data Privacy
Benjamin Herold writes: Seeking to help schools and districts better protect students’ privacy, the U.S. Department of Education released new guidance Tuesday on the proper use, storage, and security of the massive amounts of data being generated by new, online educational resources. The guidelines, produced by the department’s privacy technical assistance center, highlight the rapidly evolving, often-murky…
Texas School District Settles With Former Student Outed by Coaches
Trudy Ring reports that a lawsuit previously covered on this blog has settled: A Texas school district has agreed to pay $77,500 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a lesbian former student who said her high school softball coaches outed her to her mother. Officials with the Kilgore Independent School District agreed Friday to pay…