Did you know that schools around the world have opened up their doors to Google and given it access to student data? Google proudly states it attracts 90 million+ educators and students to use its G-Suite, 40 million+ using Google Classroom and 30 million+ using...
Photo sharing
“PHOTO USE” CONSENT AT SCHOOL: WHAT PARENTS SHOULD BE ASKING
With this week being Privacy Awareness Week across Australia, I'd like to share my thoughts on a very important privacy topic - Consent. There has been a lot of press lately on the topic of parents sharing children’s photos online without consent (specifically Gwyneth...
EYES WIDE SHUT – FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AT SCHOOLS
I was asked recently to write about this topic for an online publication and it intrigued me to continue the discussion here on LinkedIn as it is a topic that is growing in public interest. Every school has a duty of care to ensure personal information handled about...
MAKE 2019 THE ULTIMATE YEAR FOR SHARING PHOTOS RESPONSIBLY
As the year comes to a close, I’d like to thank everyone on LinkedIn who took the time to read my blogs this year. The ACCC’s digital platform findings released last week, the news just published on Facebook’s misuse of photos, and the New York Times opinion piece...
PRIVACY A TECH “TREND” FOR 2019 – HOW SCHOOLS CAN PREPARE
With the strengthening of the Australian privacy law to include mandatory data breach notification, the growing data privacy issues surrounding big tech companies like Facebook, Google - and even now Apple - the introduction of the Global Data Protection Regulation...
WHAT’S THE HARM IN SHARING STUDENT PHOTOS ONLINE?
In my line of work, I am often approached by parents concerned about cyber-bullying, image-based abuse, child photo harvesting and identity theft. Posting photos online without permission is increasingly becoming “the norm” these days and it’s probably why my recent...
AUSTRALIA, TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SHARING CHILDREN’S IMAGES ONLINE
With both National Child Protection and eSmart Week happening next week, it should go without saying that sensitive information that directly identifies a person – like photo-sharing – should be done with caution, especially of children. Yet recent statistics shared...