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FERPA Exceptions: A Study in Studies
Aug 5, 2024Alexa MooneyLearn MoreThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, protects personally identifiable information from education records from unauthorized disclosure. The …
- FPF Perspectives
FPF Responds to the FTC’s COPPA Policy Statement
May 19, 2022Learn MoreOn May 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held an open meeting where it approved a policy statement prioritizing enforcement of the Children’s Online…
- Student Perspectives
Elevating Student Voices: Conversations about Student Privacy with Undergraduates During COVID-19
Feb 2, 2021Alexis ShoreLearn MoreWhile student privacy advocates and educators have recognized privacy issues in higher education during COVID-19, a gap remains between their voices and studen…
- Student Perspectives
As Personal as Data Gets: The Privacy Implications of Wearable Technologies in Schools
Jul 15, 2020Alexis ShoreLearn MoreAs workplaces and schools consider how to reopen safely, some organizations are looking to wearable technology to monitor health and activities. For example, t…
- Student Perspectives
Digitizing the Directory: Student Privacy in an Evolving Landscape
Nov 26, 2019Austin KraftLearn MoreDuring my elementary school years, every September my school would send me a packet, clad in pastel paperback, containing the contact information of my classma…
- Student Perspectives
Parent Supervision or Surveillance?
Oct 8, 2019Alexis ShoreLearn MoreWhen I was 16 years old, I told my mom that I was going on my first date ever with a boy to a nearby ice cream parlor. He picked me up at my house, and we drov…
