Bonnie Warshuk reports: With a growing number of school boards advising parents not to give the state their children’s Social Security numbers, the law could be headed for repeal next year in Augusta, the Maine Civil Liberties Union said Thursday. So far, school committees in 14 cities and towns have voted to recommend parents not…
Category: Youth & Schools
NJ man indicted for alleged computer crimes
Lisa Coryell reports: A Robbinsville man has been indicted on charges of computer-related theft and stalking for allegedly installing spyware on a computer he gave to a 12-year-old acquaintance so he could track her online activities. […] “A forensic search of the computer turned up tracking spyware that captured and recorded key strokes, snapshots of…
FGCU admissions rule allows for rejection based on student’s health
Leslie Williams Hale reports: At the intersection of health privacy laws and student privacy laws in Florida stand the students themselves. Before a student in Florida can sign up for classes, he or she must provide a medical history to the state university. That medical history is often a simple list of required vaccinations. However…
On the Web, Children Face Intensive Tracking
Steve Stecklow reports: A Wall Street Journal investigation into online privacy has found that popular children’s websites install more tracking technologies on personal computers than do the top websites aimed at adults. The Journal examined 50 sites popular with U.S. teens and children to see what tracking tools they installed on a test computer. As…