Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Universities Need a Privacy Refresher Course

Some interesting statistics.

Eric J. Sinrod writes on C|Net News:

Unbelievable but true: While most higher educational institutions engage in e-commerce, most also engage in practices that present potential privacy risks--and less than 30 percent bother posting privacy notices on their home pages.

When it comes to privacy, universities and colleges need to go back to school.

Bentley College and Watchfire, a company specializing in online risk management, just surveyed 236 institutions on their online privacy policies. The list was culled from universities and national liberal arts colleges appearing in the 2004 U.S. News and World Report ranking of America's best colleges.

More here.

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