Duarte Geraldino reports on a case in Irving, Texas where a family is suing the school district for searching their teenage daughter’s cell phone for text messages. The incident occurred when school officials: got wind of a potentially threatening situation at the school involving a gun and keyed cars. They believed Madelyn was somehow involved…
Category: Youth & Schools
Second suit over Lower Merion webcam snooping
Derrick Nunnally reports: The letter from Lower Merion school administrators delivered the news three weeks ago – her son had been secretly monitored by the webcam on his school-issued laptop. But only when Fatima Hasan saw the evidence did the scope of the spying on her son Jalil become apparent. There were more than 1,000…
UK: Children ‘should be allowed trial anonymity appeal right’
PA Media Lawyer writes: Children and young people who appear in Crown Court trials should have a statutory right to appeal against a judge’s decision to allow their identification, the Law Commission has recommended. The proposal would mirror the right given to any “aggrieved person” – including the media – to appeal against a reporting…
Schools risk theft of SS numbers of children
Matthew Cella reports: Schools are putting children at risk of identity fraud by obtaining their Social Security numbers when it is not required by law and often unnecessary, the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General has concluded. Some school systems in at least 26 states collect the nine-digit identifiers when students from kindergarten through…