Privacy

August 28, 2014
When it comes to students’ data, privacy and innovation must coexist

“Microsoft’s position on student data privacy remains crystal clear – students are not products,” writes Cameron Evans, national technology officer and CTO for Microsoft Education. Neither students nor data about them should be used for commercial purposes – ever.

July 3, 2014
Brad Smith: Why the Third of July should be remembered when it comes to privacy

It is the day that John Adams penned a letter to his wife about the controversy over the British government going from house to house to look for customs violations without any probable cause. That controversy would lead to the passage of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution against unreasonable search and seizure, an issue being publicly debated now in the wake of revelations about government surveillance.