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EPIC Urges UK Department for Education to Consider Privacy and Safety of Transgender Children in New Guidance
On March 12, EPIC submitted comments to the UK Department for Education regarding its draft consultation on gender questioning kids. The Draft Consultation is meant to guide schools and colleges in England on policies regarding requests by transgender children to socially transition, such as name and pronoun changes.
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Comments of EPIC to the UK Department for Education on Gender Questioning Children
By notice published December 19, 2023, the United Kingdomās Department for Education (hereinafter āthe Departmentā) has solicited feedback on its draft consultation regarding Gender Questioning Children (hereinafter āthe Consultationā),[1] to close on March 12, 2024.[2] This Consultation is intended to address social transitioning in schools by minors who are questioning their gender identity. Pursuant to the request for views on how to best support schools to inform the Departmentās work in this area, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (āEPICā) submits the following comments.
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EPIC Emphasizes That FCC Pilot Program Protect Student Privacy, Not Just School Cybersecurity
The E-Rate program uses discounted pricing to facilitate schools and libraries providing free internet access to their students and patrons.
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Reply Comments in Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program
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Communications Daily: Comments Divided on FCC Proposal Funding Wi-Fi Hot SpotsĀ
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EPIC Urges FCC to Offer Wi-Fi Without Surveillance to Students
EPIC filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission, supporting the agency's proposal to expand its E-Rate program to include Wi-Fi hotspots, but urging the FCC not to require surveillance of users' online activities through those hotspots.
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EDWEEK: Ed-Tech Industry Group Calls for Equity, Data Privacy Safeguards in AIĀ
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EPIC Urges the Department of Education to Invest in Strong Privacy Safeguards when Funding EdTech through Seedlings to Scale
In comments filed November 13th, EPIC urged the Department of Education to establish safeguards that guide the development and deployment of any AI technologies funded by the Seedlings to Scale program. The Department of Education filed a Request for Information asking for insight to guide its efforts in funding technology intended to improve educational outcomes for all students.
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EPIC Urges NTIA to Back Data Minimization, Address Wide Range of Harms to Minors Online
As children and teens continue spend so much of their lives online in recreational, social and educational settings, it has become clear that existing laws and regulations do not sufficiently protect minors from online harms. In the face of emerging risks from AI and other technologies, EPIC recommended that the NTIA center safeguards like data minimization or a ban on targeted advertising to minors in any of its future recommendations.
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Comments of EPIC to the Department of Education on Seedlings to Scale
As a key driver of investment in and adoption of new technologies in the education space, the Department has an obligation to ensure that those systems do not cause harm to students. EPIC is concerned that deployment of data-extractive and mistake-prone AI systems in the education space could cause significant harm, and thus demands special safeguards.
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