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> Can't I go to the University of Central Oklahoma registrar's office and get the full names of thousands and thousands of people who went there, as well as wha
by cbhl 13y ago
> Can't I go to the University of Central Oklahoma registrar's office and get the full names of thousands and thousands of people who went there, as well as what states they're from?
I don't know about the University of Central Oklahoma, but this would be explicitly prohibited at the University of Waterloo.
There's a specific policy that covers access to student information: https://uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/policies-procedures-guidelines/policy-19 https://uwaterloo.ca/secretariat/policies-procedures-guideli...
Granted, you could figure these things out by scraping students' public Facebook profiles, but I think that says more about Facebook than it does about whether {full name, alta mater} is PII.
- superuser2 13y agoIn the US, FERPA covers private information like grades and schedules, but biographical information and the fact that you attended is public record unless you submit a specific form.
- rz2k 13y agoFERPA may serve as a baseline for federally mandated privacy rights of students, but many schools have additionally protections that are remarkably strict.