Connor Hoffman reports: In a surprise unannounced change, the New York State Education Department amended its website to explain the department is not currently approving Smart Schools Bond Act project applications that utilize facial recognition technology. The Union-Sun & Journal noticed the change last week. “The Review Board is not currently approving plans that include facial recognition…
Category: Youth & Schools
Google Still on Hook for Claims Game Apps Spy on Kids
Victoria Prieskop reports: A New Mexico judge found that while Twitter and other software development kit creators can’t be held responsible for collecting the personal information of children using kid-focused apps and games, Google is not off the hook. In a lawsuit filed in September 2018, New Mexico’s attorney general claimed the maker of a children’s gaming…
Are Schools Forcing Students To Install Spyware That Invades Their Privacy As A Result Of The Coronavirus Lockdown?
Sean Lawson writes about concerns about online proctoring software that has been increasingly used during the pandemic: As schools and universities have moved online because of coronavirus, many have signed contracts with online exam monitoring and proctoring services that go by names like ProctorU, Proctorio, Examity, Honorlock, and Respondus LockDown, among others. There is growing…
French Supervisory Authority launches public consultation on the digital rights of minors
Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On April 21, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) launched a public consultation on the rights of minors in the digital services. The consultation is open until June 1, 2020. The CNIL will use the contributions it receives to prepare recommendations in this area….