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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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Advocate Perspectives
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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LEA Perspectives
Easy Tips for Keeping Student Data Safe When Taking Your Work Home
Jan 9, 2019Susan M. Bearden
Cloud services make it easy: save your document to the cloud and access it from work the next day, without the hassle of emailing yourself files or carrying ar…
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FPF Perspectives
School Safety Report Neglects Privacy Concerns
Dec 20, 2018Amelia Vance
By Sara Collins, Tyler Park, and Amelia VanceYesterday, the Federal Commission on School Safety released a report detailing its conclusions, after holding a se…
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FPF Perspectives
Voice Assistants in the Classroom: Useful Tool or Privacy Problem?
Nov 18, 2018Susan Bearden
Voice assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home are used by consumers to help automate common tasks such as home heating and lighting, listening to music,…
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