Category: Parental consent & informed consent

Privacy Violation & Data Mining in BC

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Documents from HELP showing government complicity in privacy violation and lack of informed parental consent for HELP’s massive data mining project February is “EDI” Month in BC Kindergartens Requirement for Informed Parental Consent Violated by Schools, HELP and BC GovernmentLetters…

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HELP Violates Privacy Protection Practices it Claims to Follow

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HELP Violates Privacy Protection Practices it Claims to Follow: HELP claims to follow Statistics Canada’s procedures, but unlike HELP, Statistics Canada requires verbal or written parental consent for surveys of parents, children, and children’s teachers. See PDF below of Jan…

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Burnaby Now article: Does data collection put privacy at risk? (broken link)

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Burnaby Now article: Does data collection put privacy at risk? (broken link) HELP is the government-funded organization that drives/creates child/family/daycare policy here AND does the mega-dating mining. Family’s addresses are not there but postal codes are and so is everything…

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Kick Big Brother Out of School: Government Collecting “Sperm to Worm” Personal Data of All BC Children then Using it to Push All-Day Kindergarten

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January 2010. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - commentary paper (PDF): Kick Big Brother Out of School: Government Collecting “Sperm to Worm” Personal Data of All BC Children then Using it to Push All-Day Kindergarten

Kindergarten Parents: did you get your consent letters from HELP about data-mining your family’s private records? (broken link)

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Kindergarten Parents: did you get your consent letters from HELP about data-mining your family’s private records? Read the letters: “negative opt-out” and lack of information means your rights to PRIVACY and INFORMED CONSENT are violated by the BC government through…

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Notice to Parents: Your Privacy is Being Violated

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Kids First Parent Association of Canada - info brief (PDF): "Notice to Parents" The Early Development Instrument (EDI) Kindergarten questionnaire EDI in English (broken link)EDI in French (broken link)Teachers’ Guide in English (broken link)Teachers’ Guide in French (broken link)from Offord…

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Big Brother Goes to Kindergarten: BC Government Violating Parental and Privacy Rights in "Sperm To Worm" Kindergarten Data Collection (broken link)

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Big Brother Goes to Kindergarten: BC Government Collecting “Sperm to Worm” Data on all BC Children For background, please see the Kids First article belowMay 6, 2009. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - article (PDF): "Big Brother…

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