1. Introduction
Information can be considered as the new currency of the current digital era, and it’s highly imperative for organizations to safeguard their information from falling into the wrong hands. The existing technology landscape provides multiple platforms through which information can be aggregated, propagated, and used for varied purposes.
Educational Institutions have started using these technology platforms to aggregate a diverse range of student information like personal identification information, racial characteristics, medical information, economic status of their family etc. (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008). The student information aggregated by educational institutions is highly sought and used for various purposes. …show more content…
The major concern of sharing student information is the invasion of student privacy. We are seeing the development of new hardware and software tools which specially aids large scale information aggregation, storage and analytic capabilities. These practices of aggregation and sharing possesses a greater threat to student’s privacy and security. Solove (2008) clearly understood the problem of information aggregation and has wonderfully articulated these problems as below,
“[P]rivacy may be implicated if one combines a variety of relatively innocuous bits of information. Businesses and government often aggregate a wide array of information fragments, including pieces of information we would not view as private in isolation. Yet when combined, they paint a rather detailed portrait of our personalities and behavior, a problem I call “aggregation.” (Solove 2008, p. 70).
The ease of access to student databases through internet has given rise to a new problem of identity theft. According to a federal report, there were 93 documented security breaches in 2005 to gain access to personal information like Social Security Number (SSN), date of birth, credit card information from education records, and most of these breaches occurred in colleges and universities (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, …show more content…
FERPA should be adhered by all educational institutions receiving federal funds. FERPA lays a clear framework to help determine who can view the educational records, and under what conditions. It also contains procedures for complaints in case it’s not adhered.
3.1 Parents Rights under FERPA
One of the important aspect of FERPA is that it guarantees parents of minor students the rights to prevent any personal identification information and educational records of the student from being disclosed without their written consent. The parents also have the right to inspect and review the accuracy of the educational records. FERPA also guarantees them the right to challenge the accuracy of the records, and can request correction of inaccurate data (Refer Appendix 1a).
3.2 Students Rights under FERPA
When a student becomes an eligible student, all the rights and consents from parents would be transferred to the student. Students would have the rights to prevent disclosure of any educational records, including from their parents (Refer Appendix
Information can be considered as the new currency of the current digital era, and it’s highly imperative for organizations to safeguard their information from falling into the wrong hands. The existing technology landscape provides multiple platforms through which information can be aggregated, propagated, and used for varied purposes.
Educational Institutions have started using these technology platforms to aggregate a diverse range of student information like personal identification information, racial characteristics, medical information, economic status of their family etc. (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008). The student information aggregated by educational institutions is highly sought and used for various purposes. …show more content…
The major concern of sharing student information is the invasion of student privacy. We are seeing the development of new hardware and software tools which specially aids large scale information aggregation, storage and analytic capabilities. These practices of aggregation and sharing possesses a greater threat to student’s privacy and security. Solove (2008) clearly understood the problem of information aggregation and has wonderfully articulated these problems as below,
“[P]rivacy may be implicated if one combines a variety of relatively innocuous bits of information. Businesses and government often aggregate a wide array of information fragments, including pieces of information we would not view as private in isolation. Yet when combined, they paint a rather detailed portrait of our personalities and behavior, a problem I call “aggregation.” (Solove 2008, p. 70).
The ease of access to student databases through internet has given rise to a new problem of identity theft. According to a federal report, there were 93 documented security breaches in 2005 to gain access to personal information like Social Security Number (SSN), date of birth, credit card information from education records, and most of these breaches occurred in colleges and universities (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, …show more content…
FERPA should be adhered by all educational institutions receiving federal funds. FERPA lays a clear framework to help determine who can view the educational records, and under what conditions. It also contains procedures for complaints in case it’s not adhered.
3.1 Parents Rights under FERPA
One of the important aspect of FERPA is that it guarantees parents of minor students the rights to prevent any personal identification information and educational records of the student from being disclosed without their written consent. The parents also have the right to inspect and review the accuracy of the educational records. FERPA also guarantees them the right to challenge the accuracy of the records, and can request correction of inaccurate data (Refer Appendix 1a).
3.2 Students Rights under FERPA
When a student becomes an eligible student, all the rights and consents from parents would be transferred to the student. Students would have the rights to prevent disclosure of any educational records, including from their parents (Refer Appendix