The Privacy and Equity Implications of Using Self-Harm Monitoring Technologies
Sep 27, 2021Sara Collins, Jasmine Park, Anisha Reddy, Yasamin Sharifi, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreAs educators and school leaders return to campus after two years of significant upheaval and loss, many are prioritizing efforts focused on students’ well-bein…
Blacklight
Dec 31, 2020Learn MoreA website privacy inspector tool. Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on the site—…
Data/Information + Privacy/Security Resources
Jun 22, 2018Learn MoreA document compiling resources and reading about privacy and data, in the context of education.
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Webcams in Classrooms: How Far Is Too Far?
May 16, 2017Dominique BraggsLearn MoreThe purpose of this article is to discuss why webcams in the classroom, one of the newest approaches to enhancing school security, do not provide an optimal le…
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Video Surveillance Of Special Education Classrooms: Necessary Protections Of Vulnerable Students Or Intrusive Surveillance Of Select Student Populations?
May 15, 2017Kevin P. Brady, Ph.D. and Cynthia A. DieterichLearn MoreThis article proceeds as follows: Part I discusses the use of video surveillance as a means to minimize school violence and increase overall school safety in g…
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Video Camera Surveillance in Public School Settings: Emerging Technologies, Privacy, and the Role of the Fourth Amendment
May 15, 2017Kevin BradyLearn MoreIn the area of electronic security, video surveillance has become one of the fastest growing industries with an estimated $9.2 billion in sales in 2005 and pro…
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Know Your Rights: Student Cell Phone Privacy
May 15, 2017Learn MoreThis resource provides a guide to students so they know their rights under California's privacy laws.
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Student Surveillance, Racial Inequalities, and Implicit Racial Bias
May 15, 2017Jason NanceLearn MoreThis article presents data on school surveillance practices, including an original empirical analysis of restricted data recently released by the U.S. Departme…
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Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School
May 15, 2017Faith Boninger and Alex MolnarLearn MoreDigital technologies used by marketers continue to evolve. Sophisticated and personalized, they help ensure that today’s children and adolescents are constantl…
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Protecting Our Students: The Need for Audiovisual Monitoring in Special Needs Classrooms
May 15, 2017Kaitlyn MorinLearn MoreThis article argues that audiovisual surveillance should be provided for special needs classrooms in the public school systems, and specifically, that this sur…
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Library Records Open to Parental Scrutiny: A New Set of Internet Access Controls for Minors
May 15, 2017Sidne KoenigsburgLearn MoreIn Part I, this article surveys the state privacy laws that regulate parental access to minors’ library records, examines administrative and judicial interpret…
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FERPA in the Age of Computer Logging: School Discretion at the Cost of Student Privacy
May 15, 2017Jennifer C. WassonLearn MoreThis article argues that to preserve student privacy in an increasingly "wired" environment, Congress should amend FERPA to encompass technology issues such as…
