Many data breaches result in privacy concerns due to data access or exfiltration. But here’s a case where a school’s incident response is causing a new set of privacy concerns. The original incident was covered on DataBreaches.net, and it appears that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has not disclosed anything significant since then. Now more people are demanding…
Category: Youth & Schools
Senate Bill Would Expand Federal Children’s Privacy Protections
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 11, 2021, Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (the “Bill”). The Bill, which would amend the existing Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), would prohibit companies from collecting personal information from children ages 13 to 15 without their…
State AGs tell Facebook to scrap Instagram for kids plans
Taylor Hatmaker reports: In a new letter, attorneys general representing 44 U.S. states and territories are pressuring Facebook to walk away from new plans to open Instagram to children. The company is working on an age-gated version of Instagram for kids under the age of 13 that would lure in young users who are currently not permitted…
Judge rejects petition to block Cobb schools mask mandate
Kristal Dixon reports: A federal judge dismissed a request from several parents to stop the Cobb County School District from enforcing its mask mandate. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. rejected the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the district’s mask requirement for students and its contract tracing…