Jonathan D. Tarnow of Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP has a summary of current bills in Congress to amend FERPA, including: Student Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 3157) The Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (H.R. 2092) The Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure Act (S. 1788) The Protecting Student Privacy Act…
Category: Youth & Schools
U.S. Dept. of Education Seeking Your Input on Protecting Student Medical Records
Kathleen Styles, the Chief Privacy Officer at the U.S. Department of Education, writes: Protecting students’ privacy and ensuring colleges and universities promote a safe and healthy campus for their students has never been more important. As Chief Privacy Officer at ED, I help to lead the Department of Education in overseeing the administration of FERPA…
Keep Your Kid’s Info Safe: Opt Them Out of School Directory Information Sharing
The World Privacy Forum has a short video and other educational materials for parents to explain why and how parents should exercise their right to protect their children’s privacy by opting them out of directory information. School is starting soon (in some areas, it’s already started), and you only have a brief window of time…
The Dystopian Danger of Police Body Cameras
Rachel Levinson-Waldman writes that the use of police body cameras has spread to schools: …. As these programs began to proliferate, schools took notice. In Houston, Texas, 25 school officers have started wearing body cameras in a pilot program, and the school district plans to expand the program to all 210 members of the force….