I received this press release from the NYS Consumer Protection Board about educating your children about ID theft and good safety precautions as they head off to college: As students prepare for the fall semester of college, the New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) is reminding young consumers to protect their identities while working…
Category: Youth & Schools
Security worries over ContactPoint database
ContactPoint, the children’s database containing details on 11 million children in the UK, needs tighter security experts have said. Holding the details of all children creates a “security headache”, according to security provider Overtis solutions. The company said the government should only hold the details of children who have been involved with social services. The…
Student who blogged about patients reinstated
A federal judge has ordered the University of Louisville to permit a nursing student who had been expelled for writing blog posts about her patients, gun rights, religion, and other issues to re-enroll. […] The university expelled Ms. Yoder in February, saying she had violated the nursing school’s honor code by identifying herself as a…
Britain to put CCTV cameras inside private homes
As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the governments latest plan: to install Orwell’s telescreens in 20,000 homes. £400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To…