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Download full textPrivacy Technical Assistance Center, 2022
The Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) at the U.S. Department of Education (Department) performed a four-year review of a nationally representative sample of the websites of 1,504 local education agencies (LEAs) to identify whether and how these websites include information about student privacy. In each year of the study, SPPO reviewed a…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Privacy, Student Records, Parent Rights
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Direct linkZimmerle, Joanna C. – Computers in the Schools, 2021
In an effort to slow the spread of the highly infectious disease coronavirus (COVID-19), school districts around the world closed school buildings, thrusting educators into emergency remote teaching. Although many vendors were quick to release tutorial guides and free trials for their online learning resources, the growing concern over student…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Distance Education
Chang, Bo – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to explore privacy issues in online learning. This study shows that there are direct legal-related privacy issues, such as students' personal data and grades protected by the FERPA, and students' right to protect their privacy in the context of a public website. There are also some privacy issues which occurred in much…
Descriptors: Privacy, Online Courses, Laws, Grades (Scholastic)
Privacy Technical Assistance Center, 2021
The Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) at the U.S. Department of Education is performing a four-year review of a sample of the websites of 1,504 local education agencies (LEAs) to identify whether and how these websites include information about student privacy. In each year of the study, SPPO is reviewing a nationally representative sample of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Web Sites, Privacy, Elementary Secondary Education
Privacy Technical Assistance Center, 2020
The Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) is performing a four-year review of a sample of the websites of 1,504 local education agencies (LEAs) to identify whether and how these websites include information about student privacy. In each year of the study, SPPO is reviewing a nationally representative sample of 376 LEA websites, focusing on whether…
Descriptors: Privacy, School Districts, Web Sites, Educational Legislation
Privacy Technical Assistance Center, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education's (Department's or ED's) Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) and its Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) are conducting a four-year review of the websites of 1,504 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to identify whether and how these websites include information on student privacy. The review is part of ED's…
Descriptors: Privacy, Student Records, Information Security, Web Sites
Chang, Bo – Distance Education, 2021
This study explored student privacy issues in online learning environments. Vignettes are used to present the various privacy scenarios occurred in online learning environment. The study showed that there are direct legal ramifications of concern to students, as a result of sharing individual grades among group members and providing public…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Graduate Students, Student Rights
McDermott, Maureen; Reeves, Jennifer; Mendez, Gabriela; Capo, Berta; Karp, Jason – Distance Learning, 2019
A data breach occurs when a cyberhacker physically gains access to files on a computer or remotely bypasses a network's security system, gaining access to data, and stealing sensitive information. Remote network security breaches are a common method for taking sensitive information from companies. The confidential information can then be sold on…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Information Security, Privacy, Computer Software
Olufunke, Ajayi E.; Sunday, Adodo O.; Olusola, Ajayi O. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2020
Students' academic achievement outcome hinges on many factors such as attendance, behaviour, motivation and parental monitoring of students' performance. Unlike in primary and secondary schools where there are templates for parents to monitor their wards' academic records, the situation is different in tertiary institutions. Consequently, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Records, Parents
Roberson, Amanda Janice; Rorison, Jamey; Voight, Mamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2017
Accurate and complete data can empower college choices, promote student success, and inform federal, state and institutional policies. Yet existing postsecondary student data systems are disconnected, duplicative and incomplete. "A Blueprint for Better Information: Recommendations for a Federal Postsecondary Student-Level Data Network"…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Records, Information Storage, Information Security
Adams, Helen R. – Knowledge Quest, 2016
The purpose of "Choose Privacy Week" is to encourage a national conversation to raise awareness of the growing threats to personal privacy online and in day-to-day life. The 2016 Choose Privacy Week theme is "respecting individuals' privacy," with an emphasis on minors' privacy. A plethora of issues relating to minors' privacy…
Descriptors: Privacy, Consciousness Raising, Internet, Child Safety
Marek, Michael W.; Skrabut, Stan – International Journal on E-Learning, 2017
Few scholarly publications have addressed in detail the question of student privacy when using social media for classroom educational activities. This study combined qualitative and conceptual methodologies to explore the implications of privacy law on learning activities, using the strict Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) in the…
Descriptors: Privacy, Social Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education is conducting several activities to address privacy and security issues related to education data. Earlier this year a contractor for the Department convened a group of privacy and security experts and produced a report with recommendations to the Department on ways they can address emerging challenges in…
Descriptors: Information Security, Stakeholders, Technical Assistance, Feedback (Response)
