Alice Kinder reports: Oxford University’s decision to add students to the University’s Development and Alumni Relations System database has provoked mixed reactions. An email was sent out to students on Thursday stating that the University will be adding information on all students to the new database “in order to facilitate better communication and engagement for…
Category: Youth & Schools
U.S. Educ. Dept. Proposes New Student Data Privacy Rules
Sarah D. Sparks reports: In its effort to clarify student data privacy rules for researchers and education officials alike, the U.S. Department of Education proposed several changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, on Thursday and named its first chief privacy officer. “Data should only be shared with the right people…
Girl, 11, Sues New York City, Police, Claiming Over-Reaction to Simple School Fight
Fernanda Santos reports: An 11-year-old Bronx girl has sued New York City, claiming that police officers overreacted last spring, handcuffing her after a fight with a third-grade classmate and denying her mother’s request to be present when they interviewed her. The suit claims that the fight did not warrant a police response: no one was…
Sexting minor’s lawsuit against website moves forward despite her violation of federal law
Evan Brown writes: Doe v. Peterson, 2011 WL 1120172 (E.D.Mich. March 24, 2011) When plaintiff Jane Doe was seventeen years old, she took some nude photos of herself and sent them over the internet to her boyfriend. Somehow the photos ended up on an adult website owned by defendants. Doe brought a civil cause of…