Matthew Guariglia writes about a program previously noted on this blog as public awareness grows: In September 2020, the Tampa Bay Times revealed a destructive “data-driven” policing program run by the Pasco County, Florida Sheriff’s Office. The program is misleadingly called “Intelligence-Led Policing” (ILP), but in reality, it’s nothing more than targeted child harassment by police. Young people’s school grades…
Category: Youth & Schools
Resources for Schools and Parents of K-12 Students
Some free resources by Professor Daniel J. Solove: Developing A Privacy Program: A Guide for Schools In this guide, I discuss the issues that school officials need to address in order to effectively protect the privacy of students at their institutions. K-12 Privacy And Security Curriculum With iKeepSafe, I developed a K-12 school curriculum for privacy and…
Scholars Under Surveillance: How Campus Police Use High Tech to Spy on Students
Dave Maass of EFF writes: Hailey Rodis, a student at the University of Nevada, Reno Reynolds School of Journalism, was the primary researcher on this report. We extend our gratitude to the dozens of other UNR students and volunteers who contributed data on campus police to the Atlas of Surveillance project. It may be many months…
Random Covid testing of students is a reasonable search under special needs doctrine
FourthAmendment.com summarizes a court opinion that will be of interest to many parents: Assuming random Covid testing of NYC school children is a Fourth Amendment search, the court applies Vernonia School District 47J and special needs and finds it reasonable. Aviles v. De Blasio, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38930 (S.D. N.Y. Mar. 2, 2021 Hall…