Joe Cadillic writes: How does a school committee respond to a year of remote student learning? How will the Springfield, MA School Committee respond to post-COVID schooling? Now that public schools are reopening (just in time for summer vacation) what are officials worried about? Is it face-to-face learning? Is it in-person interactions with students? Nope,…
Category: Youth & Schools
University Of South Carolina Accused Of Violating Students’ Medical Privacy
Will Folks reports: The hits just keep coming for the University of South Carolina, which lost its president earlier this month due to allegations of plagiarism and has been mired in further scandal as its politically appointed board of trustees attempts to replace him. The place is an utter shambles … and we haven’t even gotten to football season yet. This week,…
UK: Health workers ‘fear that flagging child abuse will breach data laws’
Fiona Hamilton, George Greenwood, and Paul Morgan-Bentley report: Health professionals are failing to tell police about child rape victims because they fear it will breach data protection requirements, one of the country’s most senior police officers has said. Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for child protection, said the failure to share information…
UK: Spotlight on the Children’s Code standards – data protection impact assessments
A blog by Michael Murray, ICO’s Head of Regulatory Strategy. This first blog will explore the Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) standard. What is a DPIA and what’s in it for me? All organisations in the scope of the Children’s Code are obligated to complete a DPIA. So, if you run an online service that’s…