EAGLE SCOUT | ISSUE NO. 21-19

NEWS | School districts now provide less info on COVID-19 cases to parents
23 Sep 2021

UNITED STATES — Several school districts in Iowa shifted to reporting less information on COVID-19 cases to parents. They used to send a notification to the parents of children who sat close to a COVID-positive student in a class. Now, they only report the grade level of the positive case without specifying his or her classroom. The change is meant to protect student privacy.
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NEWS | NPC hosted a data privacy forum attended by more than 300 COVID-19 app developers
23 Sep 2021

PHILIPPINES —With the assistance of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the League of Cities of the Philippines, more than 300 developers for contact-tracing apps and websites were invited to participate in an NPC data privacy forum, where discussed current data privacy concerns like contractual agreements, privacy by design, consent, and privacy notices were discussed.
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NEWS | Popular school self-harm monitoring systems raise privacy concerns
27 Sep 2021

UNITED STATES — Software tools that scan students’ online activity and flag those at risk of self-harm and mental-health crises have become popular in the education setting. However, a report from the Future of Privacy Forum says that such tools come with significant risks. It explained that their over-collection, over-sharing and untimely disposal of mental health data pose privacy risks to students.
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NEWS | Digital banks urged to be more vigilant vs data privacy issues and fraud
29 Sep 2021

PHILIPPINES —In a webinar organized by the Management Association of the Philippine, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) called on financial institutions to adopt adequate measures and controls to manage data privacy concerns, money laundering, and electronic frauds. Digital banks, in particular, are expected to be vigilant against risks that come with digitalization.

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NEWS | Bug in student monitoring program may have exposed data to hackers
30 Sep 2021

UNITED STATES — A popular student monitoring software that allows teachers to monitor and control how students use school-issued computers in real-time may have inadvertently exposed millions of students to hackers online. Researchers reportedly found a bug in the program that may have exposed users to malware, ransomware, and hackers.
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