After
several conversations with Delegate Kaiser's office, I am happy to report
Delegate Kaiser has introduced a Bill, entitled Student Data Privacy Act of 2015
In its current form, the Bill would do the following:
Requiring specified operators of
specified Internet sites, services, and applications to protect PreK-12 student
information from unauthorized access, implement and maintain specified security
procedures and practices, and delete specified student information under
specified circumstances; prohibiting specified operators from engaging in
specified activities with respect to specified sites, services, and
applications relating to targeted advertising; etc.
This is a positive step in working with the schools that are
just starting to grapple with this issue after being handed Chrome Notebooks –
with no student data protection or roll-out plan for implementation.
On February 19, 2015 at 1:00, the
hearing will be conducted for such Bill, which was presented February 4, 2015. I plan on attending the hearing and have offered to speak on such matter.
If you know any of the Sponsors of the Bill, please email them your support. The Sponsors of the Bill are:
Delegates Kaiser, Aumann, B.
Barnes, Carr, Chang, Cullison, Ebersole, Fraser-Hidalgo, Frush, Ghrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Hayes, Haynes,Healey, Hixson, Jackson, Jones, Krebs, Lafferty, Lam, Lierman, McComas, McCray, McDonough, McIntosh, Moon, Morhaim, Pendergrass,Rosenberg, Sample-Hughes, Simonaire, Sophocleus, Tarlau, Turner, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, Walker, A.
Washington, M.
Washington, B.
Wilson, C.
Wilson, P.
Young, and Zucker
Ellen, your continued insistence that Google provides "no student data protection" just goes to show how blitheringly ignorant you are. You really ought to do more research before you make such wild....some would say insane....accusations.
ReplyDeleteHey @anonymous from New York! Welcome to Montgomery County!
DeleteWhy don't you put some facts where your mouth is?
Come on, let's hear some actual facts to go with your trash talk. Because down here in Montgomery County, we know what MCPS students have access to through their Chromebooks.
This proposed legislation must be really threatening to anonymous you, up there in New York. Why is that?
Wow, "Janis"....you're an ignoramus also. You want some facts? My kids use Google Apps for Education and are doing great....take a look at this you fool:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.com/edu/trust/
For readers, the 10:41 PM anonymous comment is the same source as the 2:18 PM source.
DeleteBoth comments are coming from New York where Google has a headquarters office.
So the Google plan is to simple call parents names and cite to their own website?
Neither of those responses addresses anything that is actually going on here in Montgomery County Public Schools.
Paid endorsements have nothing to do with the reality of putting MCPS elementary school children on the Internet without privacy protections in place.
To Anon: "Doing great" on Google apps isn't the same as "their privacy is secure."
DeleteSo, Google is an undisputed pioneer in "online civility."
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