The Student Data Grab
There’s a good editorial in the NY Post today about the big data grab the Education Department is facilitating with student data. I blogged about this issue a short while ago at the Huffington Post.
Author: Daniel Solove
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New Record Possibly Set for Sending an Accidental Email
The New York Times may have set a new record for sending an accidental email. There are tales of email being sent outorganization-wide, but nothing on the scale of what the New York Times just did. An email meant for 300 people was sent to 8 million. Oops!
Two New Cases Regarding NSA Surveillance
The 9th Circuit has decided a pair of cases involving the NSA Surveillance Program. In Jewel v. NSA, the 9th Circuit concluded that plaintiffs had standing to raise constitutional challenges against NSA telephone surveillance:
FTC v. Santa
Jeff Jarvis has this humorous piece about the FTC vs. Santa:
Losing Our Religion
I thoroughly enjoyed Jack Balkin’s Constitutional Redemption, and I found myself largely in agreement with many of Jack’s major claims. But overall, I find it hard to share his optimism. At its core, Balkin’s constitutional jurisprudence is one founded upon faith — a faith in redemption. He concludes his book with the following paragraph (SPOILER […]
Student Privacy in Peril: Massive Data Gathering With Inadequate Privacy and Security
In October, personal financial data — including social security numbers, loan repayment histories and bank-routing numbers – of thousands of college students was exposed on the Department of Education’s (ED) direct loan website. For seven minutes, anyone surfing the direct loan website could find personal information about students who had borrowed from the Department of […]
Student Privacy in Peril
Over at the Huffington Post, I have a short piece about the growing problems with student data. Here’s the opening:
Should Teachers Be Banned from Communicating with Students Online?
Increasingly, states and school districts are struggling over how to deal with teachers who communicate with students online via social network websites. One foolish way to address the issue is via strict bans, such as a law passed in Missouri earlier this year that attempted to ban teachers from friending students on social network websites. […]
The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information
My article, The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information (with Professor Paul Schwartz), is now out in print. You can download the final published version from SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Personal Information: The Benefits and Risks of De-Identification
On Monday, December 5th, I’ll be speaking at a Future of Privacy Forum conference entitled “Personal Information: The Benefits and Risks of De-Identification.”