… In general, we find the Department’s proposed changes to FERPA troubling on a number ofgrounds. Most significantly, we believe that the Department does not have the legal authority tomake all of the changes to the privacy requirements in FERPA that it proposes. We also havestrong concerns that the increased sharing of student information that the…
Month: May 2011
Does California Twitter Umasking Order Suggest the Application of Foreign Privacy Law in the US?
Christopher Wolf comments on the recent California case in which a UK council sought to unmask anonymous critics on Twitter: … The ruling raises the question of whether foreign privacy law will be applied in the US. In this case, the ruling deprived someone of privacy (the anonymous online critic), but the outcome seeks to suggest that…
New Twitter breach as claims of celebrity gagging orders published
Paul Cahalan reports: Lawyers and media specialists last night called on the courts to take action to enforce injunctions broken over the internet after another social media user purported to publish details of celebrity gagging orders. A newly created Twitter account posted details of 13 alleged injunctions early yesterday morning, directing users to a website…
Conservative group accuses Education Dept of invading students’ privacy with new FERPA rules
Matthew Boyle reports: A conservative non-profit is raising privacy concerns over a Department of Education (DoED) rule change that will allow for “personally identifiable information” about students to be shared with other government departments. Personally identifiable information that could potentially be shared includes hair color, blood type, family health history and students’ grades and other…