Privacy Policies

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Privacy Policies

Making the Panopticon Opaque: Privacy, Policy, and Authentication

January 1, 2004

Academic Technology Services and the Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse (CLIC) have developed a model partnership to help the Catholic University of America meet the challenges at the intersect…

Computer and Network Security and Higher Education's Core Values

March 18, 2003

Colleges and universities have a host of security vulnerabilities. Insecure computers and networks have been exploited to launch a variety of attacks on computers--in the academy as well as in so…

University of Virginia's Security and Data Protection Policies

January 13, 2011

This Web page provides links to most policies of the Information Technology and Communications unit of the University of Virginia. Included are such policies as data protection, e-mail, privacy, …

Privacy and the Handling of Student Information in the Electronic Networked Environments of Colleges and Universities

January 1, 1997

The paper identifies the privacy challenges and opportunities of technology advances, presents a set of primary principles that underlie fair information practices, and recommends a process whereby…

Facebook: Eroding Privacy and Destroying Trust

December 11, 2009

If you logged onto your Facebook (FB) account yesterday, you would have received a notification from the company, informing you that their privacy restrictions have changed.  It would have direc…

21st Century Technology and Business Practices to be Subject of FTC Privacy Roundtables

September 29, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced plans to hold three roundtables that will focus on consumer privacy issues. According to the announcement, the purpose of the series of round…

E08 Podcast: In Conversation - Privacy & Security

December 29, 2008

This twenty-five minute podcast features a conversation recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference. The topic is Privacy and Security . Privacy and Security. Privacy or Security. Priv…

Free EDUCAUSE Webcast 10/22/08 on Identity Theft Rules

October 8, 2008

New federal regulations to address identity theft go into effect November 1, 2008, and are likely to affect colleges and universities in nuanced ways. Compliance will require careful study and co…

Are Online Targeted Advertising Practices Violating Wiretap Laws?

July 10, 2008

Released one day before the Senate Commerce Committee held its hearing on the privacy implications of online advertising, a new report says targeted ads may involve practices that violate state a…

Hearing Highlights: Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on the Privacy Implications of Online Advertising

July 9, 2008

Today the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on privacy concerns related to online advertising. In what will probably be the first of several hearings, the com…