Forest Carr reports: Many of the so-far secret Pima College documents about its most dangerous student will soon be public. Pima College issued a statement late Wednesday afternoon saying that it will not appeal a judge’s ruling ordering the college to release certain disputed emails regarding accused mass shooter Jared Lee Loughner. “The court has…
Category: Youth & Schools
Web giants fight California privacy bill
Cecilia Kang reports: Web giants Facebook, Google, Twitter and Skype have banded together to oppose an online social networking privacy bill in California that would require users’ permission to display personal information such as home addresses and phone numbers. The bill, introduced last February by state Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-San Leandro), started out…
Cameras in U.S. schools to record calorie counts
Jim Forsyth reports: The next time children in some elementary schools in the state of Texas try to sneak extra french fries onto their tray in the cafeteria line, the eye in the sky will be watching them. Using a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the schools in San Antonio are…
Disney settles online privacy complaint for $3 million
Dawn C. Chmielewski and Alex Pham of the L.A. Times report: Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that online virtual worlds once operated by its Playdom games division violated federal rules designed to protect the safety and privacy of children younger than 13 on the Internet. The Federal Trade…