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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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Are Privacy Fears Expanding the Digital Divide?
Feb 5, 2019Alan Simpson
In recent years, growing concerns about students’ data privacy have led to over 500 proposed new laws in state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. There are le…
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To Advance Learning, Addressing Privacy Fears Is Essential
Jan 22, 2019Alan Simpson
Too often, debates about students’ privacy are conducted within an isolated context of digital privacy law, instead of where they really belong––within discuss…
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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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Privacy by Decisions: Security Starts with You
Aug 16, 2017Alan Simpson
Once you start exploring the challenges of protecting personal information online, you quickly see that digital privacy involves a variety of players, includin…
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