From Russia, with gross disregard for privacy: A federal ministry questionnaire is asking the mothers of Russian schoolchildren if they have had abortions. This and other personal questions have sparked outrage among parents and the general public. Scandal has been growing around controversial questionnaire, entitled “Passport of a Pupil’s Health”, which the Russian Education and…
Category: Youth & Schools
Are parents the biggest threat to online privacy?
Rory Cellan-Jones blogs: Think you have got your online privacy sorted? Perhaps you’ve made sure that your Facebook settings are super-secure, and that only close friends and family can see the photographs you post on the web. Well, just be thankful you are not a baby, because the biggest threat to your online privacy could…
The Clementi Suicide, Privacy, and How We Are Failing Generation Google
In the aftermath of the Tyler Clementi suicide, Dan Solove writes: … This tragic episode might be the center of the media’s attention, but it isn’t an isolated occurrence. Cyberbullying is rampant among our youth. Some studies show that more than 40% of young people claim to have been victimized by cyberbullying at some point…
School installs £9,000 facial recognition cameras to stop students turning up late… and teachers could be next target
As if we needed any more surveillance of youth or reason to be concerned about turning youth into a nation of sheep living in a surveillance state, this from the UK: A school has introduced futuristic face recognition cameras to combat students arriving late for classes. The £9,000 Face Register system monitors more than 200…