CBC News reports: Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says Horizon School Division needs to make some changes after two privacy breaches involving students. Privacy Commissioner Gary Dickson said staff at Ituna school knew of the breaches, but have done nothing about them. In one case the school had been using paper it had recycled in the office,…
Category: Youth & Schools
State Assessment Group Approves Privacy Rules for Student Data
Catherine Gewertz writes: The PARCC testing group approved a new policy Thursday that is intended to safeguard personally identifiable information about students that is collected as part of states’ common-core assessment regimens. The action comes as debate continues to swirl about how student data will be used by PARCC (the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College…
Croton-Harmon Schools Join Ranks of Districts Opting Out of ‘Race to Top’
One of the top privacy stories of 2013 should be the fact that parents and school districts are joining forces in some areas to protect student privacy against massive data collection and data mining. Today’s example: Citing major concerns regarding the program’s handling of student data and overall lack of accountability and diligence in protecting students’…
Personal details of South Australian reception students shared, breaching privacy rules, says watchdog
Personal information about South Australia’s reception students has been sent around the country by the Education Department in breach of the state’s privacy principles, a watchdog says. The department provided the Federal Government with children’s full name, address, school, indigenous status, languages spoken and whether they were repeating a school year, despite the Privacy Committee…