From the FTC: The operator of the Path social networking app has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile device address books without their knowledge and consent. The settlement requires Path, Inc. to establish a comprehensive privacy program and to obtain independent privacy assessments every other…
Category: Youth & Schools
Amassing Student Data and Dissipating Privacy Rights
by Marc Rotenberg and Khaliah Barnes Marc Rotenberg is Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, D.C. He teaches Information Privacy Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Khaliah Barnes is Administrative Law Counsel at EPIC. From test-performance scores to student financial data to statewide longitudinal data systems, there has been a dramatic increase in…
Bob Iger Calls MagicBand Criticism “Ludicrous”
Dominic Patten reports: Bob Iger today told a Massachusetts congressman that his privacy issue concerns about new technology being introduced at Disney theme parks are bunk. “We are offended by the ludicrous and utterly ill-informed assertion in your letter dated January 24, 2013, that we would in any way haphazardly or recklessly introduce a program…
Equality and Human Rights Commission helps student wrongly branded a criminal win privacy case
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has intervened in a landmark legal case which has determined that the way the police have dealt with confidential information relating to minor offences is in breach of human rights laws protecting privacy. The ruling means that children in particular will be protected against a minor misdemeanour potentially…