Kevin Murphy of Reuters reports: In the face of a lawsuit, a Missouri state senator defended on Saturday a new state law that will prohibit teachers from communicating privately with students over the Internet. A teachers group filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon contending the new lawsuit violates free speech and other rights, but the senator…
Category: Youth & Schools
Hawkins claims Patterson violated students’ privacy
Chris Norwood reports: Talladega College President Billy Hawkins is alleging that City Council President Horace Patterson’s re-election campaign violated the privacy of students by obtaining their home addresses and sending campaign literature to their homes over the summer. Although voter rolls are public information, college students who vote in Talladega must register with their Talladega…
Mobile Apps Developer Settles FTC Charges It Violated Children’s Privacy Rule
From the Federal Trade Commission: A developer of mobile applications, including children’s games for the iPhone and iPod touch, will pay $50,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC’s COPPA Rule by illegally collecting and disclosing personal information from tens of thousands of…
Court sides with college accused of snooping on student’s email
Evan Brown writes: Plaintiff’s threatening behavior toward certain faculty members of his college led the administration to monitor plaintiff’s school-issued email account. Plaintiff’s lawsuit against the school included claims for violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the Stored Communications Act (SCA), and common law invasion of privacy. The college moved to dismiss these…