Associated Press reports: Auditor Dave Yost told state education leaders Monday that an Ohio law blocking the state from accessing students’ personal information is hampering district tracking efforts and wasting money. Under a state law aimed at protecting children’s privacy, the Ohio Department of Education must keep track of nearly 1.9 million public school students…
Category: Youth & Schools
Big Brother invades our classrooms
Over on Salon, David Rosen has a lengthy article detailing the expansion of student surveillance in the U.S. A lot of it is what I’ve been blogging about for the past few years, but if you’re new to this blog, he provides a good recap of what’s going on in various states and why. Disappointingly…
Student IDs That Track the Students
Maurice Chammah and Nick Swartsell report on using RFID tags on students in Texas. It’s a topic I’ve covered on this blog before, and the NY Times story talks about how educators and students are excited by the plan. But then I noticed that this story and the reporters were from the Texas Tribune, even…
Operator of Celebrity Fan Websites to Pay $1 Million to Settle FTC Charges that It Illegally Collected Children’s Information Without Their Parents’ Consent
Cecilia Kang of the Washington Post broke the story the other day, but now it’s up on the FTC’s site: The operator of fan websites for music stars Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by…