Daniel Solove writes: Last week, the White House released its report, Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values. My reaction to it is mixed. […] FERPA is not getting the job done. It lacks many of the key components that modern privacy regulation have. As a result, school systems are failing to adequately protect the personal data of…
Category: Youth & Schools
Google Stops Scanning Student E-Mail Messages for Advertising
Brian Womack reports: Google Inc. (GOOG:US) is taking additional steps to avoid marketing to kids, this time by removing advertisements from e-mails in its education suite. The company said today in a blog post that it has stopped scanning Gmail messages within the Apps for Education software package, and can’t collect or use the student data for…
What Parents Need To Know About Big Data And Student Privacy
Anya Kamenetz writes: …. Student data used to be the pet cause of a small group of lawyers and activists. Now, in part because of the InBloom controversy, it’s gaining broader attention. This year, 82 bills in 32 states have been introduced that somehow address student privacy. But what, exactly, is new here? How worried should…
Our Privacy and Data Security Depend Upon Contracts Between Organizations
Add this to your must-read list for today. Dan Solove has a short article on LinkedIn that addresses what the FTC might do in the case where a school district enters into a contract with a cloud provider. Although the FTC generally has no authority over the education sector, they might take action against the…