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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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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Federal Privacy Law
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Warning on Tuition, Shift on Accreditation
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November 15, 2007
"If the Higher Education Act bill that House Democrats introduced late last week did not persuade college leaders that the issue of college prices is and will remain front and center on …
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Lessons Learned from the April 16, 2007, Tragedy at Virginia Tech
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November 5, 2007
On April 16, 2007, a Virginia Tech student shot and killed 32 faculty and students and wounded 25 others before killing himself in an academic building on campus. The university is still dealing …
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Well, if They’re Already Using It ...
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October 25, 2007
College representatives at Educause conference ponder outsourcing e-mail to Google and how to embrace students’ Facebook habits. College repr…
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A Fresh Look at FERPA
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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…
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FERPA and Campus Security
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August 6, 2007
This is a NACUA Notes from August 6, 2007, that discusses the issue of questionable student behavior and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). This publication answer…
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Training Your Staff to Protect SIS Data
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September 5, 2007
"No matter how robust your firewall, trained faculty and staff are your first line of defense against system breaches." "No matter…
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Report of the Virginia Tech Review Panel
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August 31, 2007
This is the report on the Virginia Tech shooting by a review panel appointed by the governor of Virginia. The report covers the following topics, physical security, privacy laws, mental health…
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Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy
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June 13, 2007
The President directed top officials at the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services to participate in a federal review of the broad questions raised by the shooting trage…
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Senate Higher Ed Bill Emerges (Slowly)
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June 19, 2007
"The panel that advises the secretary of education on accreditation issues has grown increasingly controversial in recent months, as many college and accrediting officials have accused the E…
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Fuzzy Understandings of FERPA
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June 15, 2007
"A federal report on the Virginia Tech shootings considers the misunderstanding of federal and state privacy laws to be a “substantial obstacle” to the information sharing needed to prot…
