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Are Privacy Fears Expanding the Digital Divide?
Feb 5, 2019Alan SimpsonLearn MoreIn recent years, growing concerns about students’ data privacy have led to over 500 proposed new laws in state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. There are le…
- Advocate Perspectives
To Advance Learning, Addressing Privacy Fears Is Essential
Jan 22, 2019Alan SimpsonLearn MoreToo often, debates about students’ privacy are conducted within an isolated context of digital privacy law, instead of where they really belong––within discuss…
- 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…
- FPF Perspectives
School Safety Report Neglects Privacy Concerns
Dec 20, 2018Amelia VanceLearn MoreBy Sara Collins, Tyler Park, and Amelia VanceYesterday, the Federal Commission on School Safety released a report detailing its conclusions, after holding a se…
- FPF Perspectives
Voice Assistants in the Classroom: Useful Tool or Privacy Problem?
Nov 18, 2018Susan BeardenLearn MoreVoice 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,…
- LEA Perspectives
Sniffers and Snoopers and Hackers, Oh My! Protecting Yourself from the Risks of Public Wi-Fi
Sep 20, 2018Susan BeardenLearn MorePublic 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.
- FPF Perspectives
3 Easy Steps for Educators to Make a Secure Passphrase
Sep 20, 2018Susan BeardenLearn MoreLearn how to create a good passphrase, and, more importantly, how to create different passphrases across different websites/apps that you can actually remember.
- EdTech Perspectives
3 Easy Ways for Educators to Keep Online Accounts Secure
Sep 20, 2018Susan BeardenLearn MoreIn June of 2017, NIST issued new password guidelines. Learn how you can use the new guidelines to keep your online accounts secure.
- FPF Perspectives
FBI Highlights Security Risks for Student Data: What Parents, Schools, and Policymakers Need to Know
Sep 13, 2018Sara Collins, Tyler Park, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreNow that the FBI has focused attention on cyber threat concerns related to K-12 students, policymakers must step up and fund impactful security programs.
- FPF Perspectives
Padres: levanten la mano y pregunten a las escuelas cómo protegen los datos de los estudiantes
Sep 10, 2018Sara Collins, Tyler Park, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreAs you send your child off to start a new school year, you may have questions about how your child's teachers are using new technologies, such as tablets, comp…
- FPF Perspectives
Parents: Raise Your Hand and Ask Schools How They Protect Student Data
Sep 10, 2018Sara Collins, Tyler Park, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreAs you send your child off to start a new school year, you may have questions about how your child's teachers are using new technologies, such as tablets, comp…
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What We’re Reading: K-12 News (Feb – July 2018)
Jul 12, 2018Sara Collins, Tyler Park, Erika Ross, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreBeyond our "Top 10," FPF's student privacy newsletter includes many, many other stories. Below are the K-12 stories we found important over the last few months.
