The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the hiring of its first ever chief privacy officer, and proposed new privacy and data sharing rules.

"The agency has proposed that enforcement provisions contained within FERPA, a federal law enacted in 1974 to protect the privacy of student education records, be strengthened to ensure anyone with access to them use the data only for authorized purposes," writes SC Magazine's Angela Moscaritolo. "In addition, the proposed changes would allow states to share data with other districts to measure the effectiveness of school programs."

"Meanwhile, the DoE appointed a chief privacy officer, Kathleen Styles. ... In her new role, Styles will work with states and districts to implement privacy precautions, such as minimizing the collection of personal information," Moscaritolo writes.

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