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Senator Urges Protections for Public College Student Directory Data; Bill Would Limit Data Mining
Summary
Senator Jake Olivera told the Joint Committee on Higher Education that publicly available directory information from students at the state's 29 public colleges and universities should be shielded from commercial data mining and resale. His Senate bill (S.947) and the companion House measure would restrict release of directory fields and clarify
Boston A bill to protect student directory information at public colleges and universities drew testimony from a sponsoring senator who said the measure would stop commercial data-mining and help safeguard students from unwanted solicitations and governmental reuse.
Senator Jake Olivera said his bill (S.947 with a House companion, H.1451) would prohibit harvesting and selling "directory information" such as home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for commercial…
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