September 5, 2003

Rule Change Would Let Students Approve Release of Data Online

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

In a nod to the ubiquity of electronic transactions, the U.S. Department of Education is proposing to reinterpret a privacy law that bars colleges from releasing a student's transcripts and other personal data without the student's handwritten signature. Under the proposal, students could agree online to the release of their data.

But as far as some institutions are concerned, the department is playing catch-up. Those colleges already let students go online to authorize the release of

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