Rachel Cheeseman reports: The Oregon State Supreme Court ruled that warrantless searches of students in public schools by officials need only “reasonable suspicion” rather than “probable cause,” making it easier for school officials to search property of students. The opinion of the Court, released June 10, stated that the Article I Section 9 rights of…
Category: Youth & Schools
FTC Rejects COPPA Safe Harbor Application
The Commission has rejected the application of iSAFE, Inc. to operate as a Safe Harbor program under the FTC Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) Rule. The application was submitted to the FTC under a provision of the COPPA Rule that allows entities to request FTC approval of proposed guidelines that govern compliance with the…
Ca: Husband leaked video
Davene Jeffrey reports: Halifax regional school board head Carole Olsen says it was her husband who leaked a video of a principal scuffling with a 14-year-old student at Graham Creighton Junior High School in Cherry Brook. The superintendent, with board chairman Irvine Carvery at her side, told media Friday morning that Christopher Olsen, her partner…
L. Merion, insurance firm spar over webcam costs
John P. Martin reports: The Lower Merion School District argued Friday that the district’s insurer should pay what could be a million-dollar tab to resolve a lawsuit over its now-disabled laptop tracking program. In a counterclaim filed in federal court, attorneys for the district also accused Graphics Arts Mutual Insurance of New York of breaching…