Andy Rathbun reports on the latest assault on student privacy and the Fourth Amendment: School principals may get to look through students’ cellphones if the Oak Harbor School Board signs off on a new policy meant to crack down on cyber-bullying. The board could allow administrators to confiscate and search electronic devices in certain cases….
Category: Youth & Schools
ME: Waterville board asks parents not to furnish Social Security info
Scott Monroe reports: State law requires that we request your child’s Social Security number. But, in order to protect your child’s privacy, you should refuse to give it to us. A resolution adopted by the Waterville Board of Education last week “respectfully requests that parents protect their child’s privacy by refusing to provide the school…
New social media guidelines for Waco ISD employees
The Waco Independent School District has issued new regulations for school personnel with respect to use of social media, and in particular, online interactions with students. John Cuoco reports on the guidelines for KXXV. The regulations are interesting to read. here’s just one of them: The employee is prohibited from knowingly communicating with students through…
UK: Watchdog to probe data breach
As an update to a possible breach of UK Data Protection law previously reported here, SNP News reports: The UK Information Commissioner has confirmed to Alex Neil MSP that an investigation has started into the disclosure of personal data from a number of local primary schools to Karen Whitefield MSP. The Commissioner’s office confirmed that…