From CBC News: The online youth social networking site Nexopia is violating Canadian privacy laws by keeping members’ personal information indefinitely, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has found. Edmonton-based Nexopia, which bills itself as “the place to be for teens looking to express themselves,” is refusing to give users the option to permanently delete their data, despite…
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EPIC sues U.S. Dept of Education
EPIC has filed suit against the U.S. Dept. of Education over its recent amendments to the Family Education Rights Privacy Act (FERPA). The federal complaint, which was filed in the D.C. District Court yesterday, alleges that the amendments are not in accordance with the law and exceeded USED’s authority. The amendments provided definitions of terms such…
Release of U. of I. information now in hands of U.S. appeals court
A federal appeals court is weighing whether the University of Illinois should be forced to release information about applicants who got preferential treatment through a now-defunct secret admissions system. The dispute, pending before the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, stems from the Tribune’s 2009 “Clout Goes to College” series, which exposed the separate admissions…
Police sweep Colchester high school for drugs
Ryan Blessing reports: Police cited four Bacon Academy students for drug-related infractions Thursday after the Colchester high school was locked down and searched for two hours by state police drug-sniffing dogs. Contraband was found in lockers in the school and in vehicles in the student parking lot, Superintendent of Schools Karen A. Loiselle Goodwin said….