|
Date |
Article Title |
Publication |
Author |
Synopsis |
|
6/24/2009 |
Audit faults privacy,
purchase contros on U.Md campus |
The
Washington Examiner |
Leah Fabel |
Thousands of confidential student records were found to
be vulnerable to exposure at the University of
Maryland's University College. |
|
6/16/2009 |
Brown seeks overhaul of
student privacy law |
Columbus Dispatch |
Jill Riepenhoff |
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) says universities are
misusing the law to shield non-academic information. |
|
4/23/2009 |
Hey, Kids, Leave Stephen
Breyer's Underwear Alone! |
Reason Online |
Jacob Sullum |
The Supreme Court heard arguments about the
circumstances in which it is constitutional for public
school officials to strip-search a 13-year-old girl. |
|
4/23/2009 |
Strip-searches on trial |
Los
Angeles Times |
Editorial |
The Supreme Court is weighing whether such searches
violate students' rights. |
|
4/22/2009 |
Court Debates Strip Search
of Student |
New
York Times |
Adam Liptak |
The United States Supreme Court spent an hour debating
what middle school students are apt to put in their
underwear and what should be done about it. |
|
4/21/2009 |
Supreme Court hears case
of strip-searched schoolgirl |
Christian Science Monitor |
Warren Richey |
It
heard arguments on whether Arizona school officials
violated Fourth Amendment privacy rights in
strip-searching a 13-year-old girl. |
|
4/20/2009 |
Unreasonable Search |
New
York Times |
|
The court hears arguments in a suit brought on behalf of
a 13-year-old girl who was strip-searched based on a
fellow student's false report that she had possessed
ibuprofen pain-relief pills. |
|
4/7/2009 |
Student privacy bill spurs
debate in Augusta |
Bangor Daily News |
Mal
Leary |
Maine students, parents and educators yesterday urged
lawmakers to consider banning the Department of
Education (DOE) practice of collecting and storing
students' disciplinary histories in a database. |
|
3/17/2009 |
Bingham Data Breach
Threatens CISO's Position |
Information Week |
Thomas Claburn |
The discovery of boxes of documents containing students'
personal information in an unsecured area has prompted
Binghamton University students to circulate a petition
calling for the removal of the chief information
security officer (CISO). |
|
3/9/2009 |
What's behind the rash of
university data breaches? |
Computerworld |
Jay
Cline |
Since 2001 there have been more than 300 publicized
privacy incidents at U.S. higher learning institutions. |
|
1/6/2009 |
Ed. Dept. Releases New
Rules on Privacy |
Education Week |
|
New regulations in the Federal Education Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA) take effect. |
|
12/9/2008 |
Education Department
Reworks Privacy Regulations |
Wall Street Journal |
Elizabeth Bernstein |
The U.S. Department of Education will release new Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations
today. |
|
11/29/2008 |
You're leaving a digital
trail. What about
privacy? |
New
York Times |
John Markoff |
One hundred M.I.T students have traded privacy for
smartphones in a new experiment. |
|
11/21/2008 |
A Wealth of Data, and Nobody in Charge |
The
Chronicle of Higher Education |
Lisa Guernsey |
Despite the wealth of private information
higher-education institutions house, they are behind the
curve when it comes protecting it. |
|
11/20/2008 |
Texas A&M International
professor fired for publishing names of accused
plagiarizers |
The
Daily Toreador |
Matt Cobb |
A
Texas A&M International University professor was fired
earlier this month for allegedly violating the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). |
|
10/31/2008 |
Security initiative to
require scanning of all university computers |
Daily Collegian |
Mike Ramsingh |
Officials at Penn State University are stepping up
privacy protections. The campus-wide Information Privacy
and Security (IPAS) project requires that all
university-owned computers be scanned for malware and
other security compromises. |
|
9/27/2008 |
Student Privacy
Spotlighted in VA |
Washington Post |
Brigid Schulte |
Manassas, Virginia officials last week agreed to pay
$775,000 in damages and attorneys' fees for the improper
disclosure of students' personal information in 2005. |
|
8/18/2008 |
Breach on Princeton Review
Site Exposed Students' Data |
New
York Times |
Brad Stone |
The test scores and personal information of more than
100,000 students was published on
The Princeton Review's Web
site and remained there for seven weeks. |
|
8/6/2008 |
NMMU Privacy Breached |
The
Herald |
Rochelle de Kock |
Officials at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
(NMMU) are investigating the easy accessibility of
students' personal information on the Internet. By
entering a student's e-mail address and date of birth,
Web users can gain access to financial statements,
academic records and exam timetables. |
|
7/4/2008 |
Increase in Stolen Laptops Endangers Data Security |
The
Chronicle of Higher Education |
Andrea L. Foster |
Colleges and universities around the nation are beefing
up policies to help prevent security lapses resulting
from laptop thefts. So far this year laptop thefts are
believed to have been the cause of at least six security
breaches involving the personal information of faculty,
staff, students, and alumni. |
|
6/16/2008 |
U.S. School District to
Begin Mcrochipping Students |
Natural News |
David Gutierrez |
Forget cargo capris and smock tops, some Rhode Island
school children will begin wearing radio frequency
identification (RFID) chips to school each day as part
of a pilot program in the Middletown School District. |
|
6/11/2008 |
State to study student privacy policies |
Reformer.com |
Howard Weiss-Tisman |
Vermont education officials will review policies related
to student privacy at the Board of Education meeting
next week. Officials will debate policies on information
suppression, third-party research requests for student
data and obtaining student information. |
|
5/5/2008 |
Officials Discuss the
Importance of Privacy in Online Class Discussions |
Wired Campus |
Jeffrey Young |
At
a conference for campus security officials, a Boston
College administrator said that online class discussions
affect the privacy of students. |
|
5/4/2008 |
I Know What You Did Last
Math Class |
The
New York Times |
Jan
Hoffman |
A
New York Times
article highlighting the benefits and disadvantages of
software that lets parents monitor their kids' every
scholastic move shows that while programs such as
ParentConnect help keep parents "in the loop" on their
sons' or daughters' daily experiences and stimulate
communications among parents and teachers, many students
find the technology invades their privacy. |
|
4/16/2008 |
Virginia Tech served as
warning on campus privacy |
Chicago Tribune |
Stevenson Swanson |
Since the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech one year ago
this week, college administrators nationwide have
expanded efforts designed to identify students who are
potentially troubled, while federal officials, educators
and legal experts have worked to simplify the privacy
laws that, according to a VA state panel report after
the tragedy, caused "widespread confusion" among
educators about appropriate disclosure of students'
personal information. |
|
4/9/2008 |
Professors have access to
student financial records |
The
Lantern |
Angela Henderson |
Professors at Ohio State University have access to
student financial records, according to campus newspaper
The Lantern.
The professors have access under the state's Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which does not
distinguish between academic and financial information,
allowing instructors to determine if students are
attending classes for which they have not paid. |
|
3/25/2008 |
After Campus Shootings,
U.S. to Ease Privacy Rules |
New
York Times |
Tamar Lewin |
The 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act could
soon undergo a makeover if new proposed regulations by
the Federal Education Department take hold. |
|
3/20/2008 |
Data security top tech
issue for colleges |
USA
Today |
Marisol Bello |
An
Educause survey of more than 500 college and
universities shows that security and privacy are the top
technology-related concerns for the schools. |
|
3/12/2008 |
Ryerson Student cheered at
expulsion hearing |
Globe and Mail |
James Bradshaw |
Ryerson University officials will decide the fate of a
first-year student accused of helping classmates cheat
via an online study group. |
|
2/28/2008 |
Bill aims to shield
student privacy |
Diamondback Online |
Megan Eckstein |
The Maryland state legislature is considering a change
to its laws that would allow schools to deny requests by
private companies for student information, according to
the University of Maryland student newspaper. |
|
2/28/2008 |
Bill aims to shield
student privacy |
Diamondback Online |
Megan Eckstein |
The Maryland state legislature is considering a change
to its laws that would allow schools to deny requests by
private companies for student information, according to
the University of Maryland student newspaper. |
|
1/13/2008 |
Donor Privacy At Issue
With University of Virginia |
The
Daily Progress |
Brian McNeill |
Officials with the University of Virginia have asked
that state's legislature to exempt it from provisions of
the Freedom of information Act in order to help it
maintain the privacy of 450,000 potential donors
contained within a highly detailed database. |
|
1/13/2008 |
Donor Privacy At Issue
With University of Virginia |
The
Daily Progress |
Brian McNeill |
Officials with the University of Virginia have asked
that state's legislature to exempt it from provisions of
the Freedom of information Act in order to help it
maintain the privacy of 450,000 potential donors
contained within a highly detailed database. |
|
12/6/2007 |
FERPA Exception Allows
Universities To Notify Parents Of Student Drug, Alcohol
Abuse |
The
Wall Street Journal |
Elizabeth Bernstein |
Colleges and universities are taking advantage of a
provision added in 1998 to the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 that allows schools to
contact parents if a student under 21 is accused of an
alcohol or drug violation. |
|
12/6/2007 |
FERPA Exception Allows
Universities To Notify Parents Of Student Drug, Alcohol
Abuse |
The
Wall Street Journal |
Elizabeth Bernstein |
Colleges and universities are taking advantage of a
provision added in 1998 to the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 that allows schools to
contact parents if a student under 21 is accused of an
alcohol or drug violation. |
|
10/25/2007 |
Judge:
Educational Privacy Law Not Sufficient to Block
RIAA's Sobpenas |
ARS
Technica |
Eric Bangeman |
A
University of Tennessee student had tried to prevent the
release of his name, address and phone number to the
Recording Industry Association of America, contending in
part that he had not waived his right to privacy under
the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). |
|
10/25/2007 |
Judge:
Educational Privacy Law Not Sufficient to Block
RIAA's Sobpenas |
ARS
Technica |
Eric Bangeman |
A
University of Tennessee student had tried to prevent the
release of his name, address and phone number to the
Recording Industry Association of America, contending in
part that he had not waived his right to privacy under
the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). |
|
10/14/2007 |
Student privacy murky in
tech world |
dailycamera.com |
Amy
Bounds |
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is opposing a
recent incident in which administrators at a Colorado
high school seized students' cell phones to read and
record the contents of their text messages. |
|
10/10/2007 |
Student who disclosed
security breach to campus paper barely escapes from
expulsion |
ComputerWorld |
Jaikumar Vijayan |
A
student has escaped punishment for turning over to a
campus newspaper a file containing personal information
that he found on a publicly accessible server at Western
Oregon University. |
