A small child whose father is alleged to be a philandering politician has won £15,000 privacy damages at the High Court. The mother of the girl, identified only as AAA, has not named the father on her daughter’s birth certificate and wants to find the “right time” to reveal his identity to her. Mrs Justice…
Category: Youth & Schools
HK: Watchdog says students’ drug test data vulnerable
The same data protection and privacy issues exist here in the U.S. Is anyone listening or doing anything about it, though? Ming Yeung reports from Hong Kong: The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data revealed on Thursday that some deficiencies exist in security safeguards concerning the school drug testing pilot scheme in Tai Po. The commissioner…
Big Data: NSA, Facebook—and My University?
Bennett Stein writes: On Sunday, the New York Times published an extensive piece surveying the ways American universities are using their access to students’ information to tailor their college experiences. Universities collect a huge amount of data on their students—course selection and grades, past educational experience and standardized test scores, and other personal information. Austin…
More Calif. colleges contract with debit card firm criticized for fees
This may seem a bit remote for a privacy-oriented blog, but I’ve pointed out concerns before about colleges that contract with banks or others and reveal student info to them. Erica Perez has an article on California Watch that begins: Nearly half of the state’s community colleges and a handful of other higher education institutions now…