From EPIC.org: EPIC President Marc Rotenberg testified today before the Senate Commerce Committee. He said that “COPPA did not anticipate the immersive online experience that a social network service would provide or the extensive data collection of both the trivial and the intimate information that children would share with friends.” Mr. Rotenberg also pointed to…
Category: Youth & Schools
Puyallup district wins lawsuit over school newspaper oral sex story
Adam Lynn and Joyce Chen report on the outcome of a lawsuit against the Puyallup School District filed by four students over publication of their names in a story on oral sex in the student newspaper. The case was previously covered on PogoWasRight.org here and here: A Pierce County jury found Wednesday that the Emerald…
Google, Apple Blasted as No-Shows at Children’s Online Privacy Hearing
Jenna Greene writes: Congressional hearings can be an uncomfortable experience for the participants. But at a hearing today on children’s online privacy by the Senate subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance, the harshest words were reserved for those who were absent. Google Inc. and Apple Inc. both declined invitations to participate, though Facebook…
U.S. Plans New Rules on Student Privacy
The U.S. Education Department announced on Monday that it would propose new regulations governing student privacy rights in the next several weeks. In an announcement in the Federal Register, the department said that it would revise rules to carry out the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, with two goals in mind. One would be…