FERPA
CIPP/US glossary · Last reviewed: · By Victor Humenhuk (CIPP/US certified)
FERPA - The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, a federal statute giving students control over disclosure and access to their education records.
In the CIPP/US body of knowledge, FERPA comes up under Chapter 10: Education Privacy; Chapter 5: Federal and State Regulators and Enforcement of Privacy Law.
FERPA in context
- of Education for FERPA==, ==FCC for TCPA==, and ==EEOC for the ADA==. (Federal Privacy Enforcement Outside the FTC)
- Under FERPA, a [[student]] is anyone who ==is or has been in attendance== at an educational institution, including online attendees, but the term ==excludes applicants who never enrolled== - even those who were accepted but did not enroll. (FERPA Definition of Student)
- FERPA's [[PII]] definition covers names, family member names, addresses, SSNs and student numbers, dates and places of birth, and any information that alone or in combination could ==identify the student with reasonable certainty== - and it can overlap with directory information. (Personally Identifiable Information under FERPA)
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