The following editorial appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 27. I wish more papers issued editorials like this and that more school districts and school boards recognized the value of their advice: Never waste a teachable moment. Especially if you are running a public school system. Officials of Utah’s Alpine School District, like…
Category: Youth & Schools
Maryland AG Gansler Submits Children’s Online Privacy Workgroup Report
December 30 – Building on his efforts to protect consumers from online threats to their privacy, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today submitted the final report of the Workgroup on Children’s Online Privacy Protection to two legislative committees whose jurisdiction includes digital privacy issues. “Children are particularly vulnerable to online invasions of privacy because they…
New York Battle Over inBloom, Data Privacy Heading to Court
More coverage of the situation in New York, where parents and school districts oppose transferring data to inBloom, but NYSED says the state has decided to do it, and the districts and parents have no rights to prevent it, block it, or opt out… Michele Molnar writes: A face-off in New York State about the…
State Deal To Give Seattle Times Student Data Alarms Privacy Experts (updated)
Ann Dornfield reports: KUOW has learned that the Washington state education department has signed agreements to share non-public student data with media organizations including The Seattle Times and the Associated Press. Data security experts say the agreements raise serious privacy concerns for the state’s public school students. Do read more about this agreement and the concerns it raises on…