First Amendment Issues in Cyberspace and BYOT on Campus and at Home
Although higher education technology professionals may wish to spend their days working on the systems and services that make their campuses go, legal issues creep up in many corners of the field. This...
View ArticleStrengthening CIO and CISO Collaboration on Security and Privacy
Join us for an open discussion about the evolving roles and responsibilities of the CIO and CISO. Current CIO leaders of the Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) will lead discussion...
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2014 Student and Faculty Technology Research Studies
ECAR RESEARCH HUBThis hub contains the 2014 student and faculty studies from the EDUCAUSE Technology Research in the Academic Community research series. In 2014, ECAR collaborated with 151 institutions...
View ArticlePrivacy and Disclosure: Competing Values in Higher Education - Sponsored by...
Colleges and universities face the unique new challenge of fostering academic freedom and open learning for faculty, students, and staff while also deploying IT resources to protect campus networks,...
View ArticleDeveloping A Comprehensive Privacy Program: A Step-By-Step Guide
Daniel Solove wrote Developing A Comprehensive Privacy Program: A Step-By-Step Guide in 2013 for The National Assoication of College and University Attorneys (NACUA). This guide seeks to help schools...
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Data Privacy Month 2015
Did you know that Data Privacy Month (January 28-February 28, 2015) is just two months away? Now is the perfect time for colleges and universities to start planning activities and events.Here are...
View ArticleHEISC Update: 2014 Accomplishments and 2015 Priorities
As 2014 comes to a close, we would like to highlight some of the HEISC (Higher Education Information Security Council) accomplishments this year.read more
View ArticleThe Power of Privacy and the Passion to Build Something Better
Privacy is a systems management and compliance issue, a unique and dynamic student and faculty requirement, and a topic of expanding innovative possibilities as an ever-present element in higher...
View ArticleHigher Education Information Security Council Charter
The HEISC mission is to support higher education institutions as they improve information security governance, compliance, data protection, and privacy programs. HEISC accomplishes this work through...
View Article5 Observations from Michelle Dennedy
The January 20, 2015 EDUCAUSE Live! webinar “The Power of Privacy and the Passion to Build Something Better” presented by Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer, McAfee,...
View ArticleCelebrate Data Protection and Stewardship this Data Privacy Day
January 28 marks the 8th annual Data Privacy Day (DPD), an international effort centered on "Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data, and Enabling Trust."Data Privacy Day's goals are to:read more
View ArticleHey, Students Are Consumers, Too
J. Trevor Hughes, CIPPJ. Trevor Hughes, President and CEO, International Association of Privacy ProfessionalsLately, a slew of research has been released about how the public perceives the digital...
View ArticleUsing Smartphone Apps Safely
By Celina StewartCelina Stewart is an undergraduate student in International Relations at Brown University."We should hack an application," a fellow teaching assistant brainstormed to our Cybersecurity...
View ArticleStingray Makes Waves
Or, How Technology Helps Your Friendly Neighborhood Policeman Violate Your Privacy in New and Innovative WaysGeoffrey S. Nathan, Faculty Liaison for Computing and Information Technology, Wayne State...
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The Role of Privacy Practices in Information Management
Tracy Mitrano and Jacob CunninghamTracy Mitrano, Former Director of IT Policy and Law, Cornell University; and Jake Cunningham, Information Security Officer, University of Massachusetts Amherstread...
View ArticlePrivacy and Organizational Analytics
Michael Corn, Deputy CIO, Brandeis UniversityThe floodgates are opening on organizational analytics and I worry that privacy is going to drown in the deluge. By organizational analytics, I'm referring...
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Privacy vs. Privacy
Lisa Ho, Campus Privacy Officer, University of California, BerkeleyIt's common to see privacy pitted against security in the form of the question, "How much privacy are we willing to give up for...
View ArticlePresident Releases Draft Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On February 27, President Obama released draft legislation, the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015, promoting the use of codes of conduct by companies who want to protect customers’ data...
View ArticleThe Chief Privacy Officer in Higher Education
This article includes a wealth of information about how some members of the Higher Education Chief Privacy Officers group perceive their role, their concerns about privacy, and their expectations for...
View ArticleCongress Seeks Proposals for New Student Privacy Legislation, FERPA Updates
On April 29, Representatives Luke Messer (R-IN) and Jared Polis (D-CO) introduced the Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015, H.R. 2092. Focused on elementary and secondary education,...
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