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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:17:21 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Dan Updegrove <updegrove () mail utexas edu> Date: January 12, 2006 7:45:04 PM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Fwd: [IP] more on Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam Dave,The University of Texas at Austin manages student data confidentiality and disclosure in accordance with FERPA, the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (aka the Buckley Amendment) and the Texas Public Information Act. Under FERPA, universities designate certain formation as "directory information" that may be disclosed without the student's explicit permission (although students may elect to make directory information confidential, most students do not). Under the Public Information ("Open Records") Act, "it is the policy of this state that each person is entitled, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, at all times to complete information about the affairs of government ...." including student directory information.
More info FERPA: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/index.htmlTexas Public Info Act: http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinopen/ opengovt.shtml
UT Austin's FERPA policies: http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/ ferpa/
Regards, Dan
From: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: [IP] more on Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:16:07 -0500 To: ip () v2 listbox com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Reply-To: dave () farber net List-ID: <ip () v2 listbox com> List-Software: listbox.com v2.0List-Help: <http://v2.listbox.com/doc/help_sub? list_name=ip () v2 listbox com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:subscribe-ip () v2 listbox com>, <http:// v2.listbox.com/subscribe/?listname=ip () v2 listbox com> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:unsubscribe-ip () v2 listbox com>, <http:// v2.listbox.com/member/unsubscribe/?listname=ip () v2 listbox com>Begin forwarded message: From: Gerald Shifrin <gerald.shifrin () mci com> Date: January 12, 2006 6:20:52 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: RE: [IP] Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam Isn't there any concern that the dating service legally obtained the student's email address from the university? I wonder what other information was "legally" distributed? -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:44 PM To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam Begin forwarded message: From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com> Date: January 12, 2006 6:30:25 AM EST To: Dave <dave () farber net>, cyberia <CYBERIA-L () LISTSERV AOL COM> Subject: Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam http://htdaw.blogsource.com/post.mhtml?post_id=182235 Court Lets University of Texas Block Spam Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 6:26 AM EST Court Lets Univ. of Texas Block Spam The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a disputebetween the University of Texas and an online dating service upset thatthe school blocked thousands of unsolicited e-mails. The high court let stand a federal appeals court's ruling that UT didnot violate the constitutional rights of White Buffalo Ventures when itblocked 59,000 e-mails in 2003.White Buffalo Ventures, which operates LonghornSingles.com, said it hadcomplied with all anti-spam laws and argued that a federal act that allows certain e-mails superseded the university's anti-spam policy. A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in August that the federal anti-spam law, CAN-SPAM, does not pre-empt the university's policy and that the policy is permissible under the First Amendment. The Austin-based service had legally obtained the addresses from the university, but the university started blocking the e-mail messagessaying White Buffalo was part of a larger spam problem that had crashedthe computer system. The university said it was also responding to complaints from students and faculty. At the time, UT issued a cease and desist order, but White Buffalo refused to comply. So UT blocked all the e-mail messages from White Buffalo's IP address. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_dating_spam -- "We've got the hatemongers who literally hate this president, and thatis so wrong. . . . The people who hate George Bush hate him because he's a follower of Jesus Christ, unashamedly says so and applies his faith inhis day-to-day operations." -- Rev. Jerry Falwell, on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as gerald.shifrin () mci com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/ interesting- people/------------------------------------- You are subscribed as updegrove () mail utexas edu To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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