This may seem a bit remote for a privacy-oriented blog, but I’ve pointed out concerns before about colleges that contract with banks or others and reveal student info to them. Erica Perez has an article on California Watch that begins: Nearly half of the state’s community colleges and a handful of other higher education institutions now…
Category: Youth & Schools
Bechtel sues Dallemand, claiming student privacy rights ‘invaded’
Another FERPA case – this one out of Georgia. Andrea Castillo reports: Bibb County school board member Gary Bechtel filed a lawsuit Monday against school Superintendent Romain Dallemand, contending that Dallemand violated student privacy rights by improperly releasing information about the education records of Bechtel’s son. Bechtel, his wife, Laura, and his son Sam, filed…
Florida judge: FERPA does not apply to admission records held by prosecutor
Educational records in the possession of prosecutors during a criminal investigation are not confidential and can be released to the public, a Florida judge has ruled. The ruling, by Judge Marc L. Lubet of Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit, came in a case involving records at Florida A&M University that had been used in a criminal investigation…
In the midst of a tragedy, privacy still matters
Like many people, I have been watching TV news and reading about the mass murder at The Dark Knight Rises opening in Aurora, Colorado. There are simply no words that can adequately convey all the myriad feelings, but my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. As a parent, I can think…