LEGAL ALERT

Electronically Sending Personally Identifiable Information to Unsecured Email Address May Violate FERPA

Author: Michael Tucker, Attorney at Law

                                                                                
                                                                      

Summary:
On September 30, 2019, the Student Privacy Policy Office found that a Kentucky school district violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) by sending an email with personally identifiable information to an email address that was accessible by more than the student’s parent. (119 LRP 43518).



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