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FPF’s Education Privacy Newsletter – February 2020
Feb 27, 2020Anisha Reddy and Amelia VanceLearn MoreAs always, the team at the Future of Privacy Forum is keeping a close watch on a variety of proposals and policies affecting children’s privacy and data securi…
- Advocate Perspectives
Mental Health Rights
Dec 2, 2019Kathy FlahertyLearn MoreI experienced my first mental health crisis when I was a student in college. I was depressed, anxious, and could barely leave my room to go to class. I would s…
- Advocate Perspectives
Nudging for Good: Growth, Data Privacy, and Student Success
Nov 13, 2019Sara CollinsLearn MoreSometimes a nudge is all you need.It might be the difference between choosing pizza or a salad—between watching what’s next or going to bed at a reasonable hou…
- Advocate Perspectives
The Tangled Web of College Admissions, Data, and Privacy
Nov 4, 2019Sara CollinsLearn MoreIf a college has only one available slot and receives two applications from students who appear to be equally qualified on paper, should the college admit Stud…
- Student Perspectives
System Upgrade Required: Student Information Protections for the 21st Century
Apr 29, 2019Austin KraftLearn MorePrivacy can evade understanding and evoke our worst fears when it does not work effectively. Universities hold a staggering amount of information about their s…
- FPF Perspectives
40 Organizaciones publican Principios de Privacidad para la Seguridad de los Estudiantes
Mar 26, 2019Sara Collins and Amelia VanceLearn MoreToday, forty education, privacy, disability rights, and civil rights organizations released ten principles for school safety to protect all students’ privacy, …
- LEA Perspectives
Easy Tips for Keeping Student Data Safe When Taking Your Work Home
Jan 9, 2019Susan M. BeardenLearn MoreCloud 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…
- What We're Reading
FERPA Higher Ed Fact Sheets
Oct 9, 2018Sara Collins, Trevor Schmitt, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreFuture of Privacy Forum has published a set of fact sheets giving a quick but comprehensive overview of institutions' responsibilities over the student data th…
- What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: Higher Ed News (Feb – July 2018)
Jul 12, 2018Sara Collins, Erika Ross, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreBeyond our "Top 10," FPF's student privacy newsletter includes many, many other stories. Below are the Higher Ed stories we found important over the last few m…
- What We're Reading
Law Enforcement Access to Student Records: What Is the Law?
Sep 25, 2017Mia Little and Amelia VanceLearn MoreIn the current political climate, schools have expressed a great deal of concern about government agencies - including law enforcement - requesting student dat…
- Advocate Perspectives
Getting Ahead of a University Data Breach
Sep 7, 2017Alex BradshawLearn MoreBreaches and attempted hacks into university systems are now commonplace: the number of reported incidents at postsecondary schools has steadily increased; the…
- What We're Reading
The Top 10: Student Privacy News (July – August 2017)
Sep 6, 2017Amelia VanceLearn MoreThe Future of Privacy Forum tracks student privacy news very closely, and shares relevant news stories with our newsletter subscribers. Approximately every mon…
