Implementation of Laws: Analysis of FERPA, CIPA, and COPPA

This assignment provides an analysis of the implementation of several key laws in the educational context. It begins by examining the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, which protects the privacy of student educational records and ensures student access to these records. Next, the assignment discusses the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which mandates internet safety measures for schools and libraries, including the filtering of inappropriate content. Finally, it explores the Children Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), designed to protect the privacy of children under thirteen by regulating the collection and use of their personal information online. The assignment emphasizes the importance of these laws for safeguarding student data, promoting a safe online environment, and protecting children's privacy in educational settings. The document also includes references to support the analysis.

Running head: IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS
Implementation of Laws
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS
FERPA:
 It is a federal law which has been protecting the privacy of educational records of students.
 The law is applicable to the schools in United States that has been accepting funds under the
applicable program of the U.S Department of Education (Langub & Lokey-Vega, 2017).
 FERPA provides an opportunity to students to review their educational records.
 It facilitates the students to file complaints to the U.S. Department of Education Family Policy
Compliance Office.
CIPA:
 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was introduced for the purpose of addressing the
concerns about children accessing inappropriate content over the internet.
 Therefore certain requirements are imposed by CIPA on various schools and libraries.
 However, the CIPA does not provide discount for the internet safety policies issued by them.
 The internet safety policies issued by the CIPA includes various technology protection measures
in order to block sites or pictures which contains obscene images or contents related to violation
and pornography (Kelly & Seppälä, 2016).
 Institutions should provide prior notice in order to hold public hearing and meetings to identify the
requirement of the proposal.
COPPA:
 The Children Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was founded for the purpose of protecting
the privacy of children under the age of thirteen.
 It is essential that educational institutions should implement the Children Online Privacy
Protection Act (Moore & Ellsworth, 2014).
 In recent times various websites are collecting personal data of children aged below 13 where
there is a high possibility of misusing them.
Summary:

2IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS
Therefore, it is important for the educational institutions to successfully implement the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act 1974 for the protection of student educational records. It is essential
on the part of the educational institutions to adopt such internet safety policy initiated by the CIPA. The
COPPA protects the children from the negative outcomes of the internet and hence the educational
institutions should implement them.
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References:
Kelly, A. E., & Seppälä, M. (2016). Changing policies concerning student privacy and ethics in online
education. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 6(8), 652.
Langub, L. W., & Lokey-Vega, A. (2017). Rethinking Instructional Technology to Improve Pedagogy for
Digital Literacy: A Design Case in a Graduate Early Childhood Education Course. TechTrends,
61(4), 322-330.