Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

* Confidentiality – Parents/carers must give consent for information to be collected and stored about their child and they should be able to access this freely. If information needed to be shared with other professionals, signed consent needs to be gained from the parent/carer with the exception of cases where it is believed a child is in immediate and significant harm. All information recorded must be securely stored so it is not freely accessible

The Data Protection Act (1998) covers both paper and electronic record. The school has to be responsible to ensure all the information is correct and kept confidential about any of the pupils.

We share our feelings, exact locations, and activities so easily through means of social media. These types of posts generally give away too much personal information which can further result in safety issues. Privacy isn’t such a big deal for teenagers now. They don’t realize the implications that comes with posting all of their life details.. This is where privacy needs to be of greater demand to keep children’s lives and secrets safe.

As a childminder, if I stored any personal details about other people on my computer or any digital format (including smartphones and photos on digital cameras), I would probably need to notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) that I was a "data controller" for data protection purposes.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects student records, so they are confidential to the parent’s knowledge. FERPA is where when a student turns 18, all of the rights under FERPA pass over from the parent to the child. The parents will never know how their child is doing, other than what the children tell them. Young adults should be more responsible and take school seriously when they are in college.

Privacy was once taken for granted in public education, but now through the 1974 law, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act it is pushed to the forefront of the minds of every educator in the United States (Cossler, 2010). This law has paved the way for many lawsuits regarding privacy of student’s records, which have left teachers scared, undereducated and unaware of certain regulations of the law. FERPA laws provide protections for students, but also allow access of all student records to the student’s custodial parents, which in some situations has cause problems and in some cases have specifically brought clarifications of the law. Has the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act provided the much needed privacy for students

In the year of 2017, it is hard to find any person whose life does not revolve around their electronic devices. The Internet has changed the way people function, and become a crucial resource in schools, workplaces, and homes all over the world. There are people who feel they could not survive a day without it, and, of course, there are people who are wary of its dangers. Children are taught from a young age to tread carefully when using the Internet, and teenagers can recite lectures they have received from their parents time and time again: “Don’t talk to strangers,” “Be careful what you download,” and most importantly, “Never share your personal information online.” What most of these parents do not know, however, is that you do not have to share your personal information for it to be collected. Not only is your information collected without your consent—it can legally be used against you. Many statutes involving Internet surveillance were rudimentary and non-invasive at their creation, but on October 26th, 2001, everything changed. The Patriot Act was signed into law, just forty-five days after the horrifying terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. The USA PATRIOT Act, more commonly known as the Patriot Act, was not a single piece of legislature, but a package of amendments to preexisting laws. The most notable changes in the Patriot Act are the amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1968 (ECPA),

In December of 2012 a revision was passed and took effect on July 1st, 2013. The update ensures that with changes in technology children’s information remains safe. Mark Zuckerberg has even lobbied for a revision to assist students in schools, most likely in an attempt to make it easier for children to make accounts for Facebook and other social media sites (Lev-Ram 1) . Changes in technology, including broader uses of e-mail make it critical for updates to take effect. Because of the restrictions that COPPA puts forward, there are violations of

If the information needs to be passed on to another professional agency, the parent will have to be notified by the school and sign a consent form before the information can be passed on.

Privacy Act (Buckley Amendment)- As part of the Family Educational and Privacy Act, the Buckley Amendment provides parents the right to challenge and request changes to information in their child's education records that they feel may be misleading, inaccurate, or inappropriate. Schools must follow certain protocol when handling and disseminating student records and personal information.

2.The reason for which school collects personal information of students include parents informed about the information related to their child’s schooling progress, in order to look after the student’s education, social and health essentials to be taken care of and to satisfy the school’s legal obligations and allowing the school to discharge its duty of care.

Once a student turns eighteen, or attends school beyond secondary school, the rights of access to all the student’s records—including GPA, academic transcript, academic warning, academic probation, or discipline records—transfer to the student. Without specific, written permission from the student, parents are not privy to the

In 1998 there was a law passed, called the Child Online Protection Act, which "made it a

Over the past decade the world has gotten much smaller due to the electronic communication the Internet has fostered. While this promotes business and international relations, problems arise regarding the protection of individuals’ personal information. Many countries around the world have developed privacy policies and laws protect an individual's information in the realm of electronic communication. Universal enforcement gets complicated because the Internet is not restricted to one country; it’s worldwide. As a result, concerns arise regarding the compatibility of various countries' privacy policies. This paper will discuss the current legislation in place for various major

Children's Privacy Act of 1998. (n.d.). Retrieved January 17, 2012, from Federal Trade Commision: http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm