From the FTC: The Federal Trade Commission adopted final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule that strengthen kids’ privacy protections and give parents greater control over the personal information that websites and online services may collect from children under 13. The FTC initiated a review in 2010 to ensure that the COPPA Rule…
Category: Youth & Schools
Updated COPPA rule to strengthens kids’ privacy protections to be announced today
From the FTC: At a press conference hosted by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz will announce final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule that strengthen kids’ privacy protections and give parents greater control over the personal information that websites and online services may…
Parents of strip-searched boy sue North Carolina school district
Joshua Rhett Miller reports: A 10-year-old North Carolina boy whose parents say he was traumatized when strip-searched by an assistant principal have sued district officials, alleging a violation of the boy’s constitutional protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. In an 11-page complaint, Clarinda and Lionel Shawn Cox allege their son, Justin, was searched for a missing…
Maryland School District Drops Palm Scanners after Outcry
A Maryland school district has suspended its biometrics program after receiving pressure from the public and a civil liberties group. The superintendent of Carroll County schools said the new palm scanner program is dividing the community and that’s not his intent. The Rutherford Institute called on the school system to drop the program. Read more…