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 –...
A compelling privacy issue of our time is the use of facial recognition (FR) and the potential invasiveness of this technology. Quite apart from the use of FR in civil surveillance and law enforcement, which is highly topical and has been the subject of proposed (and...
According to the Center for Internet Security, the number of cyber incidents aimed at K-12 schools are expected to increase by 86% in the upcoming school year. It declared U.S. schools saw unprecedented numbers of cyberattacks in 2020, and though many schools...
With the average school capturing around 30,000-50,000 photos and videos featuring students per year, scattered across various devices, I thought it timely to touch on the topic of student image protection as some of these images are then posted online, exposing a...
I applaud all schools who have taken up the essential cause of protecting student privacy online during this pandemic. In fact, a positive outcome of this horrible experience is the triggering of necessary improvements in the selection and use of technology at schools...