Camille Stecker writes: Growing demand for mental health services on college campuses has resulted in the development of dozens of mental health apps. However, with a high demand universities and colleges need to consider the consequences of sensitive student information on app platforms. Mental health apps are not always considering young students’ privacy rights. Therefore,…
Category: Youth & Schools
Student Information Exposed by Legal Loophole, Study Says
There’s a new study report out by World Privacy Forum on FERPA, “directory information,” and student privacy. It’s a big report that I have yet to find time to really read, but Allen St. John of Consumer Reports can help you get an overview: A loophole in a federal student privacy law gives outsiders access…
Singapore suspends use of Zoom for distance learning after “very serious incidents” — and then unsuspends it
Telecompaper reports: Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers after “very serious incidents” in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to home-based learning, Reuters reports. According to media reports, these incidents involved obscene images appearing on screens and strange men making lewd comments during the…
Two children sue Google for allegedly collecting students’ biometric data
Richard Nieva reports: Two children from Illinois are suing Google for allegedly collecting biometric data, including face scans, of millions of students through the search giant’s software tools for classrooms. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in San Jose, California, is seeking class-action status. The children, known only as H.K. and J.C. in the complaint,…