From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:33:33 -0500 We won't have to worry about private companies and privacy issues if this becomes a trend: https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/03/11/interview-editors-american-yawp-free-history-textbook-published-online Sandy Thatcher > From: "Hamaker, Charles" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:12:51 +0000 > > There are two relevant articles, again k-12 is the focus- in the New York Times. > > Pearson comes out better than others. > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/digital-learning-companies-falling-short-of-student-privacy-pledge/?src=xps&_r=0 > > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/technology/uncovering-security-flaws-in-digital-education-products-for-schoolchildren.html?src=xps > > Chuck > > Charles Hamaker > Associate University Librarian Collection Development and Electronic Resources > J. Murrey Atkins Library > Charlotte, NC 28223 > [log in to unmask] -- Sanford G. Thatcher 8201 Edgewater Drive Frisco, TX 75034-5514 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: (214) 705-1939 "If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying."-John Ruskin (1865) "The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything."-Walter Bagehot (1853)