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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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Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Federal Privacy Law
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Toward a U.S. Data-Retention Standard for ISPs
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January 1, 2006
© 2006 Rodney Petersen EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 6 (November/December 2006): 78–79 Toward a U.S. Data-Retention Standard for ISPs Rodney Petersen Rodney Petersen is …
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Gonzales: ISPs Must Keep Records on Users
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January 1, 2006
"Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on stepped up his efforts to lobby for federal laws requiring Internet providers to keep track of what their customers do online." …
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Data Retention Plan Lacks Privacy Safeguards; Could be Costly
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January 1, 2006
The Justice Department's mounting effort to persuade or compel ISPs and other communications companies to keep detailed information on their customers' habits has triggered concerns throu…
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Your ISP as Net Watchdog
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January 1, 2005
"The U.S. Department of Justice is quietly shopping around the explosive idea of requiring Internet service providers to retain records of their customers' online activities." …
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Europe Passes Tough New Data Retention Laws
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January 1, 2005
"The European Parliament on Wednesday passed new, far-reaching data retention legislation for the telecommunications industry." "The Eur…
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ISP Snooping Gaining Support
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January 1, 2006
"The explosive idea of forcing Internet providers to record their customers' online activities for future police access is gaining ground in state capitols and in Washington, D.C." …
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Barton Welcomes DOJ Crackdown on Sexual Offenders
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January 1, 2006
"House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, commended the Department of Justice for the arrest of 1,102 alleged sexual offenders and announced that next week the Subcom…
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Congress May Consider Mandatory ISP Snooping
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January 1, 2006
"It didn't take long for the idea of forcing Internet providers to retain records of their users' activities to gain traction in the U.S. Congress." …
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Backer of ISP Snooping Slams Industry
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January 1, 2006
"Congress' leading proponent of forcing Internet service providers to retain records about their users' activities lashed out at the industry recently, saying such a federal law will…
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Republican Politico Endorses Data Retention
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January 1, 2006
"A key Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives plans to find a way to force Internet providers to keep records of their customers' activities." …
