I’ve mentioned this California bill before, but here’s more on it, from Tanya Roscorla: A California bill seeks to close a loophole in federal and state privacy laws that allows companies to use student data for non-educational purposes. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg introduced the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act on Thursday, Feb….
Category: Youth & Schools
How some school ‘data walls’ violate U.S. privacy law
In today’s installment, the U.S. Education Dept. sidesteps a straightforward question of law. Valerie Strauss reports: After I wrote last week about “data walls” in public schools that often include lists of students and their test scores, readers asked whether such public displays of academic “achievement” — without parental permission — violate the federal student privacy law known as…
State legislatures increasingly taking up student privacy protections
Student privacy is becoming a hot issue this year, and we’re seeing more bills intended to protect the security and privacy of student information. In today’s news, there are items from California, Maryland, Wyoming, and Wisconsin of note. For California, Natasha Singer reported: A leading California lawmaker plans to introduce state legislation on Thursday that would shore…
Why New Zealand’s cyber-bullying bill is a good move – Steven Price
Steven Price is a Wellington barrister specialising in media law. He is the author of Media Minefield, a guide to media regulation in NZ and writes the Media Law Journal blog. He writes: A bill before the New Zealand parliament would allow judges to issue online take-down orders against bloggers and the media. I’m for it. Let me…