Haroon Siddique reports: A former children’s commissioner for England has launched a “landmark case” against the video-sharing app TikTok, alleging that it illegally collects the personal information of its child users. Anne Longfield, who held the commissioner post between March 2015 and February this year, has lodged a claim in the high court on behalf of…
Category: Youth & Schools
Feds investigating Pasco schools giving student data to sheriff
Kathleen McGrory and Natalie Weber report: The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether the Pasco school district broke federal law by sharing private student information with the Pasco Sheriff’s Office. The Tampa Bay Times reported in November that the school district shared information on student grades, discipline and attendance with the Sheriff’s Office,…
Alabama family sues Athens, Limestone school officials over virtual schools scheme
Trisha Powell Crain reports: The family of an Alabama private school student filed a lawsuit against public school officials Tuesday, alleging their child’s right to privacy was violated when officials fraudulently enrolled the child in public school without their knowledge. The family hopes to make the case a class action and has asked the court…
Judge orders college to turn over report on 2017 rape
Julie Manganis reports: BEVERLY — A Lawrence Superior Court judge has ordered that a lawyer hired by Endicott College to investigate a 2017 sexual assault on campus must turn over her report and other materials to the attorney representing the victim in that case. In a decision Monday, Judge Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman found that federal student…