Jessica Guynn reports: Parents often hand over their smartphones and tablet computers to keep their kids entertained. But most parents are unaware the mobile apps and games that delight their kids are secretly collecting personal information they then share with marketers and other third parties. Now federal regulators are investigating whether mobile apps makers, in…
Category: Youth & Schools
FERPA and the Cloud: Why FERPA Desparately Needs Reform
Dan Solove writes: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is in dire need of reform. In so many ways, the statute fails to address the key issues that schools are facing. In this essay, I will address how FERPA’s shortcomings impact a specific issue – cloud computing. […] Selecting a Cloud Provider FERPA…
Parents of threatened Millard student upset over nondisclosure of discipline; here’s how to avoid FERPA obstacle
Maggie O’Brien reports on a case in Nebraska that, sadly, is all too frequent: A fight between two Millard eighth-graders illustrates the problem parents and educators face when rules on student privacy clash with student safety. Mike Orcutt is upset that Kiewit Middle School administrators won’t reveal how they are disciplining a student who, he…
Big Brother on Campus
Muhammad Saleem points me to this infographic on OnColleges.net: I like the “possibly unconstitutional” in the infographic. What part of the constitution do they think it may be violating to protect public safety in public spaces?