Show threadJdeBPFeb 9

@8petros

Reading the comments under the original YouTube posting, there are several people who comment that what the teacher did is a violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (#FERPA).

I am not sure that they have cottoned on that those are regulations under the U.S.A. Department of Education, and that that department was disabled by #ElonMusk and #DOGE in February 2025. There's no FERPA enforcement coming to stop this.

@undead @futurebird
#USPolitics #denunziants

Reddit Tech VN BotDec 18

#Firebase #FERPA #DataSecurity
Chế độ bảo mật Firestore + mã hóa Google có đủ đảm bảo an toàn FERPA cho dữ liệu sinh viên? Nền tảng hỗ trợ việc làm cho đại học đang cân nhắc cách thức lưu PII (thông tin nhận dạng cá nhân) giữa yêu cầu phân tích dữ liệu và rủi ro mất thông tin. #Công nghệ #Bảo mật thông tin #GDPRvietnam

*Tản mạn về thách thức trong đảm bảo an toàn dữ liệu sinh viên với Firebase*

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1pq3n6w/is_firestore_and_security_rules_enough_for_ferpa/

NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real NerdsNov 19

ChatGPT for Teachers gives educators premium AI for free

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/11/chatgpt-teachers/

Dissent Doe  Nov 11

The Case for Making EdTech Companies Liable Under FERPA:

https://www.techpolicy.press/the-case-for-making-edtech-companies-liable-under-ferpa/

#edtech #ferpa #cybersecurity #infosecurity #edusec

@douglevin @funnymonkey @mkeierleber

The Case for Making EdTech Companies Liable Under FERPA | TechPolicy.Press

Congress should amend FERPA to hold EdTech vendors, rather than the schools, directly responsible for vendor compliance, Lavanya Sathyamurthy writes.

Tech Policy Press
Dissent Doe  Sep 24

@douglevin @funnymonkey @brett

OK, so the bad news is that it looks like it's true. I got access to the data tranche and there is a LOT of student PII in there in terms of PDF files/letters and psych evals, and I spotted a .csv file with disabilities records on 2k students from 2017 with their IEP disability classification, name, services to be given, etc. I haven't yet started googling names, so I'm saying the data looks real but I haven't actually tried to confirm that yet.

A lot of the documents such as attendance and truancy letters for named students were OLD -- like back to 2003, etc.

I have a feeling that these records -- assuming, for now, that they are real -- do not necessarily trigger notification requirements under the D.C. notification law, but I have emailed DC to ask for clarification on the application of their law to student records.

I have not really spotted employee personnel data of note, but have only skimmed the tranche with a focus on student into.

If you HMU on Signal, I can give you the entire filelist for the tranche.

#EduSec #databreach #cybersecurity #legacydata #FERPA

Show threadPepijn BruienneAug 28, 2025
"To the extent that COPPA could be deemed to create an agency relationship between schools and parents, the scope of any such agency should be strictly limited to the parental notice-and-consent process addressed by that legislation, and should not be extended to any other contractual terms, including arbitration." This would not be nearly as concerning if everyone wasn't so provenly bad at securing their systems and the data within, despite the "We Are Very Good At Privacy And Security, Actually" statements on their websites. #EdTech #COPPA #FERPA #PowerSchool #SIS #AI
Show threadPepijn BruienneAug 28, 2025
Oh wait, never mind. As it turns out #EdTech have asserted that schools can consent to privacy agreements on behalf of parents and students so we're not even involved. Good stuff. Probably not a good sign for them that even the FTC disagrees with this very skewed reading of #COPPA and #FERPA legislation 🤔 https://edtech.law/cases/nonconsensual-student-data-mining-powerschool-and-ixl-learning/ #PowerSchool #SIS #AI
IXL Data Privacy Litigation - EdTech Law Center

K-12 students and their parents sued IXL Learning Inc., a data collection and analytics platform, alleging that IXL generates, collects, uses, and shares information about them without proper consent. Plaintiffs assert claims under various state and federal privacy laws.

EdTech Law Center
smegMay 10, 2025

I know a second grade teacher who was knocked to the ground and beaten with a chair by a student, while the rest of the class had to watch in horror. The teacher needed extensive medical treatment and physical therapy.

The school told the witnessing children NOT to tell their parents in order to protect the offender's privacy.

FERPA: Protecting student privacy or hiding safety issues?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/us/ferpa-student-privacy-law-explained-xpn

#ferpa #education #schools #schoolsafety #k12 #teaching #teacher #teachers #privacy

How schools use — or misuse — a 50-year-old law you might not know about

Many K-12 schools and universities have denied information to the public, citing student privacy – even when those details involve safety concerns or parents’ own children.

CNN
nonadjectiveApr 5, 2025

@chemeketa.bsky.social

#Ferpa #WhiteOutGate

#FinancialRetaliation #VeteransAffairs

#CollegeCoverUp #CollegeScandal

notesApr 2, 2025
#California Assembly Bill 1955 appears to conflict with #FERPA by prohibiting schools from requiring personnel to disclose records about a child’s “gender identity” to that child’s parent. As a result, according to the California Justice Center, “every public school in California has a policy of denying, or effectively preventing, the parents of students...the right to inspect and review the education records of their children.” https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/27/secretary-rollins-sends-letter-challenging-governor-newsoms-use-usda-funding-programs-implement #USDA #LGBTQIA #Transgender #USPol