The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will crack down on education technology companies if they illegally surveil children when they go online to learn. In a new policy statement adopted today, the Commission made it clear that it is against the law for companies to force parents and schools to surrender their children’s privacy…
Category: Youth & Schools
NYC Education Dept. will roll out its own online gradebook after security breach and data hack
Michael Elsen-Rooney reports: The New York City Education Department is planning to roll out its own online grading and attendance system to replace a widely-used platform that was hacked earlier this year, exposing the personal information of nearly one million students. The new system, developed by the agency’s IT team, will launch in beta form…
What Controls Privacy?: Complex Tangle in Adolescent Care
Matt Fisher of Carium writes: Caring for adolescents is already complex given all of the changes that children experience as they grow up. The complexity arises not just with the delivery of care though. Clinicians and organizations also face a number of challenges concerning access to patient records. The issue becomes tangled because pediatric patients…
Online Safety Bill to Proceed Through UK Parliament
Lisa Peets, Marty Hansen, Shona O’Donovan, and Tomos Griffiths of Covington and Burling write: On May 10, 2022, Prince Charles announced in the Queen’s Speech that the UK Government’s proposed Online Safety Bill (the “OSB”) will proceed through Parliament. The OSB is currently at committee stage in the House of Commons. Since it was first announced in December 2020,…