Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
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| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | |
|---|---|
| Short Title | FERPA |
| Official Text | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| Country/Jurisdiction | United States |
| State or Province | |
| Regulatory Bodies | Dept Ed |
| Date Enacted | 1974/08/21 |
| Scope of the Law | Students, Parents, Educators |
| Information | |
| Taxonomy | Breach of Confidentiality, Decisional Interference, Disclosure, Exclusion, Identification, Identifying, Increased Accessibility, Insecurity, Secondary Use |
| Strategies | |
The FERPA is an act that ensures the United States standards of the student and family educational and privacy rights. It protects parents from misleading or inappropriate data of any student's educational records. Besides, the collected students' records shall not be released by educational institutions that may impact students' security.
- Privacy Silo: Information Privacy
- Business Sector: Education
- Targeted Info: Education Records
- Protects: Students, Parents
Text of the law
§1232g. Family educational and privacy rights
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