Reminder: Free Data Privacy Month Webinar Today, 1-2 pm EST--Hear Kathleen Styles, ED CPO, Discuss FERPA

[Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Please join us today from 1-2 pm EST for a free Data Privacy Month webinar with the Department of Education's Kathleen 
Styles and Michael Hawes, who will discuss changes to FERPA regulations and privacy initiatives at ED.

Go to the Adobe Connect website: https://educause.adobeconnect.com/eduweb, select "Enter as a Guest" and enter your 
name in the "Name" field.

We're From the Government and We're Here to Help You:  Privacy Issues and Initiatives at the U.S. Department of 
Education
Speakers: Kathleen M. Styles, Chief Privacy Officer and Michael B. Hawes, Statistical Privacy Advisor, U.S. Department 
of Education
Moderator: Rodney Petersen, Senior Government Relations Officer & Managing Director of Washington Office, EDUCAUSE

The Department of Education administers the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and recently established 
a Chief Privacy Officer position to coordinate federal technical assistance on privacy and confidentiality to the 
education community. Kathleen will discuss ED's privacy initiatives, both in schools and in connection with student 
longitudinal databases. The presentation will cover recently issued and forthcoming guidance documents and regulation 
changes. She and Michael Hawes will also discuss the difficult balance in releasing student data, about the need to 
both be transparent and protect privacy through disclosure avoidance.

Technical requirements and additional resources are available at: http://www.educause.edu/policy/dataprivacy

We hope you can join us for today's discussion!
Valerie
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Valerie M. Vogel
Program Manager, EDUCAUSE
office: (202) 331-5374
e-mail: vvogel () educause edu<mailto:vvogel () educause edu>
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