The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Educational institutions, such as colleges, universities, and grade schools, have access to large amounts of information about their students. They can collect and store the following types of student data:
Demographic information
Address and contact information
Parental demographic information
Parental address and contact information
Grade information
Disciplinary information
All this data is useful to educational institutions in educating students and is very sensitive. Thus, privacy concerns are raised if an educational institution improperly discloses this information to third parties because its release could be embarrassing for the student and the student’s family. The Family Educational ...
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