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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.

Updated February 2012

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"Bag It and Tag It": Implementing a Course-Level Learning Portfolio Using CMS-Based Tools to Document Student Learning When Teaching in Wild, Open Spaces with Cloud-Based Tools (Pilot Program/Emerging Technology): February 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011
As more of us adopt cloud-based tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, Google Docs, etc.) for use by students in authentic learning activities, we find ourselves without the student-produced artifacts that we …
A Framework for a Federal Approach to Privacy Protection: February 6, 2006
Congress is poised to enhance consumer protection laws to address online safety and security, especially in light of recent data security breaches. Rapidly growing privacy concerns could decrease c…
A Fresh Look at FERPA: October 17, 2007

In light of recent incidents, and with another school year now under way, it’s a good time to remind ourselves of our obligations—and rights—under FERPA, the federal statute that governs th…
Achieving and Sustaining HIPAA Compliance: January 1, 2002

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will take effect in 2003. The regulations present institutions with the flexibility to select and implement a compliance approach. George Was…
Administering Blended Programs: A Campus-Level Perspective: September 15, 2010 | A session at the ELI 2010 Online Fall Focus Session
Launching and sustaining a blended learning program requires a rigorous instructional design process and faculty instructional support. Beyond the course experience, however, it also requires hig…
An Update on SEVIS: Progress and Prognosis: January 1, 2003

The initial SEVIS deadline has passed, but institutions are still working through their implementations. This session provides a summary of the status of SEVIS nationally, an update on regulatory i…
Anti-Terrorism Legislation and Campus Computing: January 1, 2001

As this text is being written, the U.S. Congress is debating anti-terrorism legislation that will authorize increased government surveillance of computer and network activity. What will be the impa…
Balancing Privacy and Security in Times of Cyberterror: January 18, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2007
Some 230 years ago, Patrick Henry aid, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Kansas Senator Patrick Roberts recently said, "You have no civil liberties if you're dead." This…
Balancing Privacy and Security in Times of Cyberterror: February 22, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2007
Some 230 years ago, Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Kansas Senator Patrick Roberts recently said, "You have no civil liberties if you're dead." Thi…
Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror: March 21, 2007 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2007
Technology gives us the ability to create a surveillance society beyond anything Orwell could have imagined. Our limitations are no longer external but internal: We must choose how much privacy we&…

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