Will Ripley reports from Colorado: The private information of nearly 85,000 Jefferson County public school students will soon be available in a single database. Supporters call it a breakthrough, but opponents call it an invasion of privacy. Jeffco Public Schools is joining forces with inBloom, a pilot program praised by supporters as a revolutionary way…
Category: Youth & Schools
Canada: Jody Carr pressured to resign over privacy breach
CBC News reports: Education Minister Jody Carr is facing calls for his resignation after he admitted on Thursday that one of his political assistants breached the privacy rights of a high school student. Carr acknowledged that his staffer released the mark the student earned on an exam and the Opposition Liberals say based on precedent,…
Parents May Get Control Over Kids’ Info Online
Philip Janquart reports: A bill intended to give parents the right to pull their children’s’ personal information off social networking sites has passed the California Senate. After a 23-10 vote, SB501, or the Social Networking Privacy Act, now moves to the Assembly, the lower house of the California Legislature. Read more on Courthouse News. “It’s…
Hedlund Says UMass Should Release Bomb Suspect’s Records
Here we go again… another legislator who doesn’t understand FERPA? Tony Catinella reports: Hingham’s State Senator Robert Hedlund believes the public has the right to know the Marathon bombing suspect’s college records after UMass Dartmouth has refused to release them. Hedlund, a Republican State Senator told Fox News Insider, “once you engage in the kinds of activities…