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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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FPF Perspectives
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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Student Perspectives
Parent Supervision or Surveillance?
Oct 8, 2019Alexis Shore
When 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…
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LEA Perspectives
A Conversation with Dean Folkers
Sep 16, 2019Ahuva Goldstand
The Forum Guide to Education Data Privacy explores how state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) can support best practices at the school level to pro…
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LEA Perspectives
A Conversation with Melissa Peterson
Sep 10, 2019Ahuva Goldstand
On August 22, FPF spoke with Melissa Peterson, Data Privacy and Security Trainer at the Colorado Department of Education, about her use of gamification to impa…
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EdTech Perspectives
A Conversation with Iris Palmer
Aug 20, 2019Ahuva Goldstand
On July 31, FPF spoke with Iris Palmer, Senior Advisor for Higher Education and Workforce, in the Education Policy Program at New America, about how predictive…
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