From: "Hamaker, Charles" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 18:42:12 +0000

http://www.highereducationlegalinsights.com/2015/03/department-of-education-model-student-privacy-terms-for-app-and-online-educational-service-agreements/

By Anne D. Cartwright on March 2, 2015

From Higher Education legal Insights.;

“The U.S. Department of Education is urging institutions to include
privacy protections that reach beyond the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA) in contracts with app and other online
educational service providers. … the guidance calls on schools to
consider the privacy challenges posed by “click wrap” terms of service
agreements—…These challenges can include express waivers of privacy
law protections as well as terms allowing the provider to share data
indiscriminately or change terms unilaterally. Institutions may be
able to override these pre-set terms through negotiation.”

Although this is primarily aimed at K-12, the  article suggests Higher
Ed. Institutions should have the same or similar concerns.  Are any
list readers' institutions paying attention to this?  How?

Chuck

Charles Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collection Development and Electronic Resources
J. Murrey Atkins Library
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