[privacy] Universities Need a Privacy Refresher Course

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Some interesting statistics. My favorite:

"Practically 100 percent of doctoral universities and liberal
arts colleges had at least one data collection form on a Web
page without a link to a privacy notice."

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

Unbelievable but true: While most higher educational institutions engage in e-commerce, most also engage in practices 
that present potential privacy risks--and less than 30 percent bother posting privacy notices on their home pages.

When it comes to privacy, universities and colleges need to go back to school.

Bentley College and Watchfire, a company specializing in online risk management, just surveyed 236 institutions on 
their online privacy policies. The list was culled from universities and national liberal arts colleges appearing in 
the 2004 U.S. News and World Report ranking of America's best colleges.

[snip]

Here:
http://news.com.com/2010-1029_3-6065085.html

- ferg



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