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Saturday, May 4, 2013

. . .In the Name of the Children | Crazy Crawfish's Blog

. . .In the Name of the Children | Crazy Crawfish's Blog:


. . .In the Name of the Children

I’ve been getting regular reports on progress and events taking place in the local and national arena in relation to the illegal student data sharing situation. One of the things that have been revealed recently in other states is that the costs associated with this inBloom project could become astronomical both from a direct annual fee based cost as well as from liability issues that will be created. The State of New York, the only other state as far along as Louisiana in the data sharing situation, revealed in a town hall style meeting that the state and local school districts would be on the hook for any liability related to intentional or accidental exposures of student data because:
‘If there is a data breach from inBloom (as many people believe is nearly inevitable) the state will be legally and financially liable, since the Gates Foundation has insulated itself and inBloom from responsibility.”
This will leave parents and children impacted with a difficult decision in the event of misuse from hacking or