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January is Data Privacy Month

You know the importance of protecting personal identities and the effects social media can have on privacy, but does everyone on your campus? In 2012, during the month of January, EDUCAUSE expanded on Data Privacy Day to provide an entire month’s worth of activities and resources to help raise data privacy awareness. Visit the EDUCAUSE Data Privacy Month page for examples of campus activities, as well as archived recordings of several privacy-related webinars.

Privacy in a Networked Environment

With the explosive growth of electronic networks and wide accessibility of online information, EDUCAUSE members -- along with many other higher education constituencies -- are dealing with a formidable set of privacy issues. A key set of issues revolves around the handling of student information, which under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 enjoys special protection.

Other Sources of Information about Online Privacy

Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information in new media.
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a public interest research center in Washington, D.C., established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy.
Privacy Forum, a moderated digest for the discussion and analysis of issues relating to the general topic of privacy (both personal and collective) in the "information age" of the 1990's and beyond.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others interested in the impact of computer technology on society.

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Privacy and Information Management Forum: May 20, 2013

The 2013 Privacy and Information Management Forum (PIM) was held on Friday, May 10, 2013, at the George Washington University Law School. The forum is jointly sponsored by the George Washingt…
The Student Unit Record System Returns?: May 13, 2013

As reported today in Inside Higher Ed , the Wyden-Rubio, and now Warner (D-VA), "Student Right to Know Before You Go Act" has shifted from its early stage concept of knitting…
ECPA Reform Bill Proceeds to Full Senate: April 25, 2013

Today, April 25, 2013, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted out of committee a bill to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ( ECPA ). On a voice vote, the Committee approved the E…
ECPA Reform Update: House Hearing and Senate and House Bills Introduced: March 20, 2013

ECPA reform is an important topic for Congress this session. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has championed this reform and says that it is an important agenda item for…
EDUCAUSE Groups Briefed on ECPA Reform and Its Implications for Higher Education: February 11, 2013

As part of Data Privacy Month on January 29, 2013, Greg Nojeim , Senior Counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Director of its Project on Freedom, Security &…
Latest Google Transparency Report Shows over Half of Government Requests are Warrantless: January 28, 2013

Google’s Transparency Reports are a semi-annual compilation of requests Google receives from governments around the world for Internet user data. The reports are an effort by Google to keep use…
2013 Communications Policy Issues: January 23, 2013

I attended the Broadband Breakfast meeting last week, where Rep. Anna Eshoo and three Congressional staff gave an interesting preview of the communications policy issues to be addressed in the 11…
Privacy and Security are High on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Agenda for the New Congress: January 18, 2013

On January 16, 2013, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, set out the agenda of the Judiciary Committee in the 113th Congress with updates to key legisla…
Senate Passes Video Privacy Protection Act Amendment: January 4, 2013

As 2012 drew to a close, the Senate passed an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) ( H.R. 6671 ) that will make it easier for users to share their online video viewing activitie…
ECPA Reform Moves Forward to Require a Warrant for Email: November 29, 2012

Today, November 29, 2012, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would require law enforcement officers to obtain a warrant from a judge before gaining access to the contents of emai…

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