Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 27, 2020, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in the lawsuit it brought against Google on February 20, 2020, regarding alleged violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) in connection with G-Suite for…
Category: Youth & Schools
Vendor of School-Based Face Surveillance Systems Lied About Bias, Accuracy
From the good folks at EPIC.org: Documents obtained by Motherboard show that a key vendor of school-based facial recognition tools lied to school officials about the accuracy rate and racial bias of its surveillance product. The records reveal that SN Technologies’ AEGIS system misidentifies black students at alarmingly high rates and mistakes objects like broom handles for guns. Despite…
Police Monitor Schoolkids Grades To Determine Who Will Become A Criminal
I knew that a story I posted last week about a sheriff trying to predict kids’ future criminal behavior by using data parents didn’t know he had would infuriate Joe Cadillic on just sooooo many levels. Sure enough, Joe blogged about this whole thing the other day after doing a deeper dive into the program…
Teachers who refuse coronavirus tests in Austria ‘may be forced to wear FFP2 masks in classroom’
Under Austria’s coronavirus mass-testing scheme, teachers are to be tested in early January. While nobody can be forced to be tested, those who refuse may have to wear FFP2 coverings while teaching. Read about this issue on The Local (Austria). Under their constitution, they can’t require or mandate the testing, but as a union official…