Student Privacy

  • EPIC Comments to Dutch DPA on Emotion Recognition Prohibition under EU AI Act

    December 17, 2024

    By notice published on October 31, 2024, the Netherlands’ Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (“AP”) sought input1 on its interpretation of the sixth prohibition of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (hereinafter the “AI Act”)2 which prohibits AI systems intended to identify or infer the emotions or intentions of natural persons (“emotion recognition systems”)3 in the areas of workplace or education institutions based on biometric data (“Prohibition F”).4

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • Workplace Privacy

    • Comments

  • Tech Policy Press: Silly Protesters! Free Speech is for Tech Companies, Not Palestinian Human Rights Activists 

    May 22, 2024

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • News

  • Generating Harms

    May 14, 2024

    • Access to Information

    • AI in the Criminal Justice System

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Children's Privacy

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Communications Privacy

    • Competition and Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Election Security

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Health and Reproductive Privacy

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Online Harassment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Proposed U.S. Legislation

    • Robocalls

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Social Media Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Web Scraping

    • Workplace Privacy

  • EPIC Urges UK Department for Education to Consider Privacy and Safety of Transgender Children in New Guidance

    March 13, 2024

    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.

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • Comments of EPIC to the UK Department for Education on Gender Questioning Children

    March 13, 2024

    By notice published December 19, 2023, the United Kingdom’s Department for Education (hereinafter “the Department”) has solicited feedback on its draft consultation regarding Gender Questioning Children (hereinafter “the Consultation”),[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 Department’s work in this area, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) submits the following comments.

    • Children's Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • Student Privacy

    • Comments

  • EPIC Emphasizes That FCC Pilot Program Protect Student Privacy, Not Just School Cybersecurity

    February 29, 2024

    The E-Rate program uses discounted pricing to facilitate schools and libraries providing free internet access to their students and patrons.

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • Reply Comments in Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program

    February 28, 2024

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Student Privacy

    • APA Comments

  • Communications Daily: Comments Divided on FCC Proposal Funding Wi-Fi Hot Spots 

    January 31, 2024

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Student Privacy

    • News

  • EPIC Urges FCC to Offer Wi-Fi Without Surveillance to Students

    January 30, 2024

    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.

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • EDWEEK: Ed-Tech Industry Group Calls for Equity, Data Privacy Safeguards in AI 

    November 22, 2023

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Data Protection

    • Student Privacy

    • News