Re: FERPA question

[Wes Hubert <whubert () KU EDU>]

The University of Kansas directory search page displays the following
advisory notice:

This directory is a public record. It is a violation of Kansas State Law to
knowingly give, sell or receive names and/or addresses from a public record
for the purposes of selling or offering for sale any property or service to
persons listed therein.

Anyone who requests email addresses is also advised of this restriction. Of
course it doesn¹t prevent misuse of email addresses from the directory but
it may sometimes help and it provides grounds for addressing flagrant
misuse.

--Wes Hubert <whubert () ku edu>
Information Security Analyst
Information Technology, A Division of Information Services
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS 66045

On 2/29/08 11:30 AM, "Allison Dolan" <adolan () MIT EDU> wrote:

> A recent item from the state of Maryland may be of interest re: what is public
> information (e.g. email)
>
> Bill aims to shield student privacy
> By: Megan Eckstein
> Posted: 2/28/08
> State lawmakers took up a bill yesterday that would give public schools the
> power to deny companies access to students' information - a step that could
> cut down on the flow of spam into university e-mail accounts.
>
> A students' directory information - e-mail address, phone number and home
> address - is considered public. That means the university has to give it out
> if it receives a written request.
>
> ...
>
> On Feb 25, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Kathy Bergsma wrote:
>
> > Thanks to Mike Lococo at NYU, I discovered that the 2000 FERPA amendment
> > explicitly lists email as directory.
> >
> > http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2000-3/070600a.html
> >
> > Kathy Bergsma wrote:
> >  
> > > I'm surveying edus that classify email address as non-directory under FERPA.
> > > Please respond only if you do.  To minimize list traffic, I'll summarize for
> > > the list if you respond privately.
> > >  
> >
> > -- 
> > Kathy Bergsma
> > UF Information Security Manager
> > 352-392-2061
> >