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48 Hours of Student Privacy News

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Row edge-slant Shape Decorative svg added to bottom 48 Hours of Student Privacy News May 24, 2023 In the past two days, the child and student privacy landscape has been overwhelmed with an influx of news and announcements. The biggest? The FTC’s new settlement with edtech company Edmodo might break school technology use in a few different ways, including shifts on which education entities edtech vendors can contract with and what rights parents have to modify or delete their children’s education data. While that would certainly be enough to hold our attention, we also saw: A major conservative think tank […]

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Child Privacy Expert Warns Policymakers Must Enact Meaningful Federal Privacy Laws to Ensure Students’ Online Safety, Protect Against Dire Consequences

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Press Release Child Privacy Expert Warns Policymakers Must Enact Meaningful Federal Privacy Laws to Ensure Students’ Online Safety, Protect Against Dire Consequences April 17, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Interest Privacy Center Founder and President Amelia Vance today offered testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce during a hearing entitled, “Addressing America’s Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard Fills Gaps to Protect Americans’ Personal Information.” During the hearing, Vance urged policymakers to take action by enacting comprehensive federal privacy law that include appropriate protections for children and students who are

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The Week in Child & Student Privacy

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Row edge-slant Shape Decorative svg added to bottom The Week in Child & Student Privacy April 4, 2022 What I’m Reading Cross-posted from Public Interest Privacy Consulting LLC Blog 1. UK ICO Blog: Why protecting children online in UK living rooms starts 5,000 miles away (opens in new tab) What’s Happening What Happened: The new UK Information Commissioner says that since “[t]he digital world is borderless, and so many of the online services children access are based outside of the UK,” the value of the UK’s Age-Appropriate Design Code depends on how the Code is received internationally. He highlights California’s version

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The Week in Child & Student Privacy

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Row edge-slant Shape Decorative svg added to bottom The Week in Child & Student Privacy April 11, 2022 What I’m Reading Cross-posted from Public Interest Privacy Consulting LLC Blog 1. GovTech: Ed-Tech Companies Partner Up to Tackle Student Mental Health (opens in new tab) What’s Happening Two companies announced school partnerships to “tackle student mental health,” one of them by incorporating “information about a student’s social-emotional health and well-being into their college preparation, potentially helping schools give students more personalized attention in their post-graduation plans.” Why You Should Care This Government Technology article reads like a company press release, with

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This Week in Child & Student Privacy

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Row edge-slant Shape Decorative svg added to bottom The Week in Child & Student Privacy April 1, 2022 What I’m Reading Cross-posted from Public Interest Privacy Consulting LLC Blog 1. Minnesota Pushing Bill That Says Websites Can No Longer Be Useful For Teenagers | Techdirt (opens in new tab) What’s Happening This bill “says that any social media platform with more than 1 million account holders (and operating in Minnesota) cannot use an algorithm to recommend content to users under the age of 18.” As the Chamber of Progress CEO points out, “YouTube Kids uses algorithms and manual curation to surface content

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