Universities, Privacy, and Facebook: An Important Dialogue
With all of the talk in the news about Facebook’s privacy policy, it’s important for colleges and universities to understand what’s going on. The Facebook move towards openness with their user data has freaked pragmatic users out, even getting mainstream dialogs about staying off of Facebook, like this one at the economics blog Baseline Scenario.
FERPA Considerations for the Social Media
So long as an institution is in pursuit of their educational mission, colleges and universities may, within reason, use and release information that identifies students both publicly and to third parties. Releasing certain types of information can be perceived as more risky or offensive, depending on the party obtaining the information, their intention, and their efforts to maintain obligations related to that information.
Inigral Helps Facebook Stay Secure
The Inigral CTO accidentally made worldwide headlines when he found a bug in Facebook’s Instant Personalization. Facebook immediately fixed it, and the world was saved from potentially evil hackers…. We’re so proud, our George is a superhero.
Facebook, Privacy, and Higher Ed: Implications of December 2009 Privacy Settings Update
Facebook.com will continue to make strides to make the world more open and connected, including changes like the most recent ones that further open up user profiles. By the nature of that ambitious aim, they can’t afford to focus on Higher Ed specific concerns like FERPA and rights over intellectual content. Higher Ed specific goals for the use of Facebook must be met by Facebook Developers like Inigral.
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