Andrew de Castro reports: James Hodgson, UCLU [University College London Union] Student Activities Officer, admitted that “mistakes were made” when mobile phone numbers and email addresses of Islamic Society and Medical Islamic Society members were released to Anti-Terror Police, without a legal requirement to do so. The data was released in connection with the alleged…
Category: Youth & Schools
Parents upset after principal posts students’ bad grades on his office door
From WKOW in Wisconsin: A middle school principal in Wisconsin is under investigation after he posted the names of students with failing grades on his door. Marshfield Middle School Principal Dave Schoepke posted a list with student’s name, their class, teacher and their F grade for all to see. […] The superintendent says the principal…
Privacy flags raise concern for graduate students
Kate Perkowski reports: Undergraduate students are not the only ones concerned with personal information available through UK’s [University of Kentucky’s] online people search — now, graduate students are voicing their concern, too. Members of UK’s graduate school have recently voiced concern about their information like home address and home telephone number being available on the…
Swedish legal council says no to drug tests for kids
Sweden’s Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) has ruled against a government legislative proposal to allow drug tests on children below the age of 15. The Local reported in February that the government had presented a raft of proposals aimed at tackling youth crime. One of the proposals was for drug tests to be permitted for under-15s…