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Federal Privacy Law - 20 Resources

Overview

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.

Publications (3)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Federal Privacy Law.

Item ID Title Resource Category Pub Date Views Rankingsort icon
CSD4963
Guidelines for Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information
05/11/2007 1,763
 
CSD5157
Congress Mulls Change in Student-Records Law to Help Prevent Violence
09/28/2007 1,992
 
CSD5691
Data Protection Contractual Language
08/18/2009 120
 

Podcasts (3)

Name Views Post datesort icon
EDUCAUSE LIVE! Podcast: ID Theft Red Flags
  Play | Show Notes | Download (39.42 MB audio/mpeg)
 601 10/23/2008
Podcast: Identity Crisis: How Identification Is Overused and Misunderstood
  Play | Show Notes | Download (37.36 MB audio/mpeg)
 4,013 06/28/2007
Podcast:: Security Breaches and Identity Theft
  Play | Show Notes | Download (37.3 MB audio/mpeg)
 3,490 06/26/2007

Blogs (14)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title Blogger Postedsort icon Views
21st Century Technology and Business Practices to be Subject of FTC Privacy Roundtables Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE 09/29/2009 51
USA PATRIOT Act Back in the Spotlight, Again Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE 09/24/2009 57
Report Card Gives Obama Administration Mixed Reviews on Privacy and Security Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE 09/22/2009 15
April 20, 2009: FTC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Health Breach Notification Rule Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE 06/25/2009 117
Attend Virtual Seminar on New FERPA Regulations for Colleges and Universities Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE 01/15/2009 758
Free EDUCAUSE Webcast 10/22/08 on Identity Theft Rules Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE 10/13/2008 835
Free EDUCAUSE Webcast 10/22/08 on Identity Theft Rules Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE 10/08/2008 527
When the ISP Tracks Your Every Move: The Power (and Abuse) of Deep Packet Inspection Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE 07/18/2008 1,020
Are Online Targeted Advertising Practices Violating Wiretap Laws? Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE 07/10/2008 349
Security Task Force Submits Comments on Proposed FERPA Rules Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE 05/29/2008 324
EDUCAUSE and Security Task Force Comment on Proposed FERPA Rules Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE 05/12/2008 1,410
Balancing “Safety” with “Freedom” in Aftermath of Virginia Tech Tragedy Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE 06/19/2007 4,546
EDUCAUSE to Co-Sponsor Data Retention Seminar in Washington, D.C. Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE 08/08/2006 3,835
US gov't buys info from ChoicePoint Craig Blaha, University of Texas at Austin 11/21/2005 3,611
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