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FERPA Exceptions: A Study in Studies
Aug 5, 2024Alexa Mooney
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, protects personally identifiable information from education records from unauthorized disclosure. The …
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FTC announces a complaint and consent agreement against Chegg
Nov 7, 2022Jamie Gorosh and Lauren Merk
Since May 2022, education technology (edtech) companies have been on notice that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is closely monitoring the industry to ensur…
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Law Enforcement Access to Student Records: What Is the Law?
Sep 25, 2017Mia Little and Amelia Vance
In the current political climate, schools have expressed a great deal of concern about government agencies - including law enforcement - requesting student dat…
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Legal Perspectives
Free “One-To-One” Devices For Students Shouldn’t Imperil Their Privacy
Sep 19, 2017Chad Marlow
Sound one-to-one device program policies recognize that, while such programs are certainly worth pursuing, rolling them out without adopting strong privacy law…
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FPF Perspectives
Bipartisan Report: Feds Should Connect Student Data While Protecting Privacy
Sep 7, 2017Amelia Vance
Today, the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking released their final report.
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Advocate Perspectives
Getting Ahead of a University Data Breach
Sep 7, 2017Alex Bradshaw
Breaches and attempted hacks into university systems are now commonplace: the number of reported incidents at postsecondary schools has steadily increased; the…
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