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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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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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FERPA Higher Ed Fact Sheets
Oct 9, 2018Sara Collins, Trevor Schmitt, and Amelia Vance
Future of Privacy Forum has published a set of fact sheets giving a quick but comprehensive overview of institutions' responsibilities over the student data th…
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LEA Perspectives
Sniffers and Snoopers and Hackers, Oh My! Protecting Yourself from the Risks of Public Wi-Fi
Sep 20, 2018Susan Bearden
Public Wi-Fi hotspots can put your personal data at risk, and in this post we’ll discuss some of these risks and how to protect yourself against them.
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FPF Perspectives
3 Easy Steps for Educators to Make a Secure Passphrase
Sep 20, 2018Susan Bearden
Learn how to create a good passphrase, and, more importantly, how to create different passphrases across different websites/apps that you can actually remember.
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