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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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Providing Private Cloud Services to Support HIPAA Compliance: April 17, 2013 | A session at the Enterprise IT Leadership Conference 2013
HIPAA and HIPAA HITECH legislation requires our institutions to protect Electronic Personal Health Information (EPHI). University departments in the health sciences clearly have teaching, researc…
IT Compliance Framework for Institutions of Higher Ed: April 16, 2013 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Institutions of higher education are increasingly expected to comply with various regulatory requirements specifically focused at data privacy and protection. Sometimes there could be overlap in ef…
On the Edges of Policy Questions, Student Privacy, and Student Learning: May 17, 2012 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2012
We all participate regularly in discussions of policy data, student learning data, and data privacy, yet it's difficult to bring the three domains together without conflict, as different prior…
Data Minimization: Don't Keep It All Forever: April 13, 2010 | A session at the Security 2010
Data at educational institutions multiply exponentially and, without proper management, can expose schools to major risks (data exposure, e-discovery expense, escalating storage costs, damage to in…
Cyberspace: A Matter of National Security - Sponsored by Trustwave: April 13, 2010 | A session at the Security 2010
Cyberspace began as the domain of technologists and engineers, with a focus on building circuits, switches, computers, and software that could reliably sustain a new global form of communication. I…
Soft-Selling Tough Issues: April 22, 2009 | A session at the Security 2009
Louisiana State University's IT communications and security officers join forces to effectively educate campus populations about IT security threats, IT policies, and best practices. …
Identity Finder LLC and Carnegie Mellon University - Find and Protect Personal Information Before It's Too Late: May 6, 2008 | A session at the Security 2008
It's estimated that the black market trafficking of stolen electronic identities will increase to $1.6 billion in 2010. Finding personal information is an increasingly complex problem due the …
Preparing for Data Protection Laws: How to Earn an A+ from Your Attorney General: April 12, 2007 | A session at the Security 2007
In response to new state data-protection laws, Indiana University undertook a campaign to educate faculty, staff, and administration on best practices for handling sensitive data, as well as the co…
Roundup of Legal Developments in Cybersecurity and Privacy Law: April 11, 2007 | A session at the Security 2007
This session will cover state and federal legal and regulatory developments in information security and privacy, including the notice of security breach laws and actions by the Federal Trade Commis…
Legal Perspectives on Data Security: February 22, 2007
This session will provide an overview of legal and regulatory requirements and emerging liability trends that influence the protection of research data for the scientific community. Specific case h…

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