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Principles for School Safety, Privacy, and Equity
Mar 26, 2019Learn MoreForty education, privacy, disability rights, and civil rights organizations released these ten principles for school safety to protect all students’ privacy, d…
- FPF Perspectives
40 Organizations Release Privacy Principles for Student Safety
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, …
- FPF Perspectives
Proposed Florida School Safety Policies Undermine Student Privacy
Mar 26, 2019Sara CollinsLearn MoreIn the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last year, state lawmakers and other education stakeholders introduced…
- 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…
Disclosing Student Information During School Emergencies: A Primer for Schools
Dec 28, 2018Chanda Marlowe, Sara Collins, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreSchools are responsible for keeping students safe, but they also need to balance safety measures with privacy protections. When emergencies happen, schools may…
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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.
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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
Ensuring School Safety While Also Protecting Privacy
Jun 7, 2018Sara Collins, Tyler Park, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreAmelia Vance, FPF’s Director of Education Privacy, spoke at the Federal Commission on Student Safety’s Listening Session. She asked that any Commission recomme…
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Dept of Ed: Parents, Not Minor Students, Must Consent to College Admissions Pre-Test Surveys and Data Sharing
May 25, 2018Sara Collins, Tyler Park, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreNewly-released technical assistance from the US Department of Education’s (USED) Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) explores student data use practices…
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The Top 10 (& Federal Actions): Student Privacy News (November 2017-February 2018)
Feb 12, 2018Amelia VanceLearn MoreThe Future of Privacy Forum tracks student privacy news very closely, and shares relevant news stories with our newsletter subscribers. Approximately every mon…
