Bruno Waterfield reports: The European Commission has demanded Britain justifies the widespread and routine fingerprinting of children in schools because of “significant concerns” that the policy breaks EU privacy laws. The commissioner is also concerned that parents are not allowed legal redress after one man was told he could not challenge the compulsory fingerprinting, without…
Category: Youth & Schools
Alaska judge upholds parental notification abortion law
Jaclyn Belczyk of JURIST brings us the bad news: An Alaskan Superior Court judge on Monday refused to block a law requiring parental notification for women under the age of 18 to have an abortion, allowing the law to take effect Tuesday. Read more on JURIST.
Garry Gross dies; involved in famous Brook Shields privacy lawsuit
It was a troubling privacy case at the time. A mother had signed consent for a photographer to take nude photos of her 10-year old daughter for a Playboy layout. Garry Gross was the photographer. The child was Brooke Shields. The Associated Press tells the story for those who do not remember it or weren’t…
Student Privacy Takes Hit in Cell Phone Search Case
Matthew Heller discusses the DeSoto cellphone case discussed previously on this blog and seems to be as derisive of the court’s opinion as I was. His commentary begins: A Mississippi judge has chilled the privacy rights of students by ruling that school officials were justified in viewing photos on a student’s cell phone after he…