Over at the Huffington Post, I have a short piece about the growing problems with student data. Here’s the opening:
Student Privacy in Peril
Category: FERPA
Posts about FERPA by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
Missouri Bans Teachers From Friending Students on Social Network Websites
A recently-passed law in Missouri attempts to ban teachers from friending students on social network websites. According to the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act:
Education Privacy in Peril
I have been spending a lot of time examining education privacy lately, and there are some very troubling things going on in this field. At a general level, schools lack much sophistication in how they handle privacy issues. Other industry sectors that handle sensitive personal data have Chief Privacy Officers and a comprehensive privacy program. […]
Too Much Privacy for the Virginia Tech Shooter?
Marc Fisher, a Washington Post columnist, has a column in the Washington Post complaining about how privacy laws are getting in the way of the investigation into the background of the Virginia Tech Shooter. He writes:
Freakonomics, The Apprentice, Student Grades, and Privacy
The ending of this season’s The Apprentice (with Donald Trump) has everybody talking. Rebecca Jarvis and Randal Pinkett were the finalists, both of whom Trump thought were outstanding stars. He hired Randal and later asked Randal whether he should also hire Rebecca. Randal said “no” because “there can be only one Apprentice” and the show is called […]