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Daily Dashboard | 160,000 Breached At Butler U; Biz Releases Student Data Privacy Guidelines Related reading: OMB to issue government-wide AI risk mitigation directive

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Officials at Butler University have warned that the records of 160,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni have been compromised after a hack, Associated Press reports. Exposed data includes birthdates, Social Security numbers and bank account information. Meanwhile, in a press release, Skyward, a K-12 software provider, has unveiled a set of data security and privacy guidelines for protecting student data. The recommendations include best practices for electronic storage as well as how to evaluate and strengthen schools’ internal privacy policies. Separately, in a column for USA Today, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour writes, “Student privacy should be protected, and companies should not be raiding kids’ records to make a buck.” Last week, in a joint House subcommittee hearing, lawmakers and experts discussed student data privacy issues and concerns. Editor’s Note: Attorney Bradley Shear writes about student privacy in this Privacy Tracker blog post.
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