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There was a chilling warning in The Australian last week. Collective Shout’s Melinda Tankard Reist warned their research showed that AI-generated adult content is now being made from real school images. If that doesn’t sound the alarm for schools to lock down their...
As the year comes to a close, I wanted to share my insights on what I discovered travelling schools around the world talking about child photo safety. You may not be aware, but the Education sector has been the most targeted industry globally this year for...
THE VITAL ROLE THAT CONSENT-DRIVEN MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PLAY IN SAVING SCHOOLS FROM LITIGATION AND REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE A typical school takes over 50,000 photos annually. Where are these photos stored, who has access to them, who shares them, how and with whom?...
As I look back on 2023, I look back with a sense of confidence and astonishment. Confidence due to the momentum pixevety has had this year educating schools, universities, children, and parents about image privacy and consent but also astonishment at our growth...
Were you aware that the Australian education market for the first time has not ranked in the OAIC top 5 sector notifiable data breach report for over a year? Or that Deloitte’s latest Australian Privacy Index Report ranked Education as the 2nd most trusted industry to...
Only 6 per cent of photos taken are ever shared. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but let’s look at the size of the pie its cut from. 1.81 trillion photos are taken worldwide each year (5 billion per day). By 2030, around 2.3 trillion photos will be taken every year. Users...
An old school question popped up on my radar again: “Is it ok for schools to collect photo consent only at enrolment (or enrollment for my U.S. friends)?”. Ten years on from the first time I received this question, my advice remains the same – if you do it right the...
Schools should take note of how they use social media. The following trends are very concerning. 1. TikTok used as a primary online communication tool by schools. This week one of Australia’s leading school cyber safety experts, Susan McLean, on the Today Show again...
Children today have little control over their digital footprint and are being increasingly exposed to greater risks online. The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably been a contributing factor, with 65.4 million abusive photos and videos reported in 2020 in the US alone –...
With 80% of Australians now saying they would never want organisations sharing ‘Photos of my kids/family’ with third parties – higher than any other type of data or information – isn’t it time we checked in with our schools on how they manage photo consent? I’ve had...