Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts

Friday, January 27, 2017

"the bill is currently being reviewed, and will be assigned to a committee"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"A local legislator has proposed a law that he hopes will protect student data as technology becomes more prevalent in the classroom. 
State Rep. Jeffrey Roy, D-Franklin, filed the bill last week. The bill builds off one he put forth during the last legislative session. 
It aims to prevent the use of data garnered through students' technological activities in such things as targeted advertisements. 
"We want data to inform thinking and make education better, but we don't want the data out there in the marketplace," he said. "I think it's fairly obvious that, through the educational community, we have amassed tremendous amounts of data on our students; we haven't, legislatively, kept up with it."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20170126/franklin-legislator-files-student-data-bill


Rep Roy at the School Committee meeting
Rep Roy at the School Committee meeting
Representative Jeff Roy appeared before the Franklin School Committee at their January 10, 2017 meeting. He presented and overview of his legislative agenda including the bill on student data privacy. Find more from the meeting in the notes summary

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2017/01/rep-roy-world-languages-and-district.html

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

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With National Data Privacy Day coming on Jan 28th, this is a good time to securely get rid of some important papers.



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Thursday, January 21, 2016

"The best way to protect your kids online? Talk to them"

"The best way to protect your kids online? Talk to them. Research suggests that when children want important information, most rely on their parents."
http://www.onguardonline.gov/articles/0006-talk-your-kids




The net cetera booklet can be found here or here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczbjRPSjA3Tm4tNkU/view?usp=sharing

net cetera - chatting with kids about being online
net cetera - chatting with kids about being online



In advance of National Data Privacy Day, January 28th, we'll share some tips, tricks and other resources to be safe online.

"Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data, and Enabling Trust" is the theme for Data Privacy Day   https://www.staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day/landing/



“Brain training” with Lumosity — does it really work?
"Let’s set the record straight. Playing Lumosity’s games might make you better at those games, the FTC says, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will sharpen your memory or brain power in the real-world. And those testimonials from satisfied customers? Many were from people who were offered prizes to say good things about Lumosity, and that wasn’t made clear. According to the FTC, that’s deceptive."


OnGuard Online   http://www.onguardonline.gov/

Protecting your Privacy   https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-013

Stop Think Connect   http://www.dhs.gov/stopthinkconnect



Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Franklin TV: "It Takes a Village" - What every parent should know

From Anne Bergen:


What are kids really doing on-line when we think they are doing homework? Amy Leone, a therapist who is a leader on the coalition to fight the disease of addiction, is so concerned about how kids are using social media, she came back on the program to share her insights with parents on this topic. 
Franklin TV
Franklin TV
Her interview on "It Takes a Village.." (Comcast Channel 8 and Verizon 26) will be aired on Tuesday morning at 9:00 and again on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. 
Kids are using all kinds of apps to go off the parent radar, sexting is increasing, access to internet porn is easier and easier and there are some unknown dangers lurking behind the most innocent of video games.


Updated:
Ken Norman shared your blog post on Google+
"Actually Anne forgot the coverage appears on the Education Ch Comcast 96 and Verizon 28. Tue 2PM, Fri 9AM, and Sat 12:30PM"


Below is a PowerPoint for a parent forum she presents. She graciously offered to share this with the community:




Friday, October 30, 2015

"told they shouldn't have any expectations of privacy at all"


"Students currently sign forms saying they consent to being monitored," Crockford said. "But should students be forced to give up the right to privacy in order to access new technology?" 
According to the report, several local school districts, including Franklin, Hopkinton and Sudbury, gave the ACLU documents stating that students should have "no expectations of privacy" in their school-owned devices, while Millis and West Springfield allow for random and periodic searches of student computers. Of the 35 school districts included in the study, which also included Franklin and Wayland, only Uxbridge has a clear policy limiting searches to "when a problem is brought to the attention of the building administration." 
According to Crockford, the ACLU of Massachusetts feels that schools should have a right to search student devices when there is reason to believe the student has done something against the rules, but until there is probable cause of a crime or infraction, students' rights to privacy should be protected. Student privacy regulations in Massachusetts were last updated in 2006, Crockford said, which is far too long given how fast technology is growing.

Read the full article online here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151029/NEWS/151025059/1994/NEWS

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Ford Hall Forum - Fall 2015 programs are here!

Digital Rights Management, Balancing Cyber Security and Privacy, Low Turnout in Municipal Elections.

All great topics for today! Too bad the low turnout for elections event is scheduled for After our Nov 3 election. Maybe we'll be able to provide an update on how an increased number of candidates seemed to engage the folks to get out and vote. That at least is my personal objective. To ensure that there is enough info to cast a good ballot and by doing so to entice as many folks as possible to get out and vote. 



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With Digital Rights Management, are our computers controlling us?


Cory Doctorow (science fiction author and Co-Editor of Boing Boing tech blog) 

Rebecca Curtin (Assistant Professor of Law with a focus on copyrights, Suffolk Law School)

Benjamin Ngugi (Associate Professor, Information Systems & Operations Management, Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University)


Leonid Reyzin (Professor of Computer Science with a focus on cryptography, Boston University)


Tues., 10/13/2015, 6:30 p.m.
                                 


Co-presented with:
   




Michael Sulmeyer


Legislation hasn't kept pace with with technological developments, leaving some wondering if privacy as we know it is long dead.


Michael Sulmeyer (Director of Cyber Security Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government)


Thurs., 10/29/2015, 6:00 p.m.
Reception in lobby at 5:30 p.m. 
                                 


Co-presented with:

Elena Letona
Join us for a provocative and thoughtful discussion of the causes, consequences, and possible fixes for low turnout municipal elections.


 

Sarah Anzia (professor at University of California, Berkeley and author of Timing and Turnout: How Off-Cycle Elections Favor Organized Groups)


Zoltan Hajnal (professor at University of California, San Diego and author of America's Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Race, and Representation in City Politics)


Elena Letona (Executive Director, Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts)


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Thurs., 11/5/2015, 6:30 p.m.
                                 

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Monday, September 28, 2015

How will the pilot work out?


In a pilot program announced Friday, Boston's MBTA is going to start tracking public-transit rider movements using beacons--stationary devices that measure the movements of people carrying smartphones, usually using bluetooth or Wi-Fi. 
It's similar to technology used by retailers to track customer movements in store. In another example, a Boston startup, Cuseum, uses beacons to track people's movements through museums, providing data designed to help museum operators engage with visitors.

An important item on a number of front is provided  by the following statement by the MBTA in their press release:
No personally identifiable information will be collected through this pilot program. Operating in a transmit mode similar to GPS, beacons cannot see, collect or store any personal data or consumer information. Beacons are transmit-only Bluetooth low energy devices that send out a signal that can only be used by user-enabled apps running on mobile devices to trigger location-specific content. In order for a mobile device to detect a beacon, a user must download an app that utilizes the technology and opt-in to allow the app to receive the beacon's signal.

While one of the objectives is to
"How beacon technology can be used to help the MBTA better communicate with riders"

another is to
"How brands can increase engagement and interaction with commuters based on proximity"

Will the communications really improve alerting riders to the schedule changes, or simply that someone has something to sell around the corner remains to be seen?

MBTA logo
MBTA logo


You can read the Boston Innovation article here
http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/09/25/mbta-beacons-t-pilot-rider-tracking-tech-advertisers-others/

Note: the pilot supposedly started on Friday but what app is required to take part in this was not specified.



Saturday, June 20, 2015

"Most privacy policies cover mobile devices"

MA.Gov doing good work for consumers!
Reading privacy policies can be time consuming, but if you know what you are looking for you can reduce the amount of time you spend trying to find the information that matters to you. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation conducted a survey of the privacy policies of ten online retailers to help consumers understand and efficiently navigate privacy policies. The surveyed retailers were Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, PayPal, Apple, Walmart, Etsy, Home Depot, Target, and Best Buy.
The Official Blog of the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
The Official Blog of the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation


Continue reading their article here to find the summary of the privacy policy surveys  http://blog.mass.gov/consumer/massconsumer/privacy-policy-survey/