The abundance of data being collected on students has been celebrated as an opportunity to "personalize" education. But privacy advocates have long warned that digital paper trails might leave today’s students exposed if their personal information fell into the wrong hands.
The White House announced on Monday that it would be taking up the cause of student privacy, pushing legislation that would "prevent companies from selling student data to third parties for purposes unrelated to the educational mission," according to a news release.
However, the bill, called the Student Digital Privacy Act, would focus on students in elementary and secondary schools, not college students, according to Obama administration officials.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/obama-proposes-bill-to-protect-student-data-but-not-in-higher-education/55533