An Investigation of US Universities' Implementation of FERPA Student Directory Policies and Student Privacy Preferences
Sarah Radway, Katherine Quintanilla, Cordelia Ludden, Daniel Votipka · 2024
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is intended to protect student privacy, but has not adapted well to current technology. We consider a special class of student data: directory information. Unlike other FERPA-controlled data, directory information (e.g., student names, contact information, university affiliation) can be shared publicly online or by request without explicit permission.