COPA and FERPA

What I know.

• I know nothing.
• No, really, I have no clue what these are.

Questions?

• What does COPA and FERPA stand for?
• What does each do?
• How does COPA and FERPA have to do with the internet?

Learned stuff.

• COPA: Child Online Protection Act/COPPA: Childrens online privacy Protection Act
• Passed in 1998
• Imposing a two-year prison sentence or a fine of up to $200,000 for someone who posts something indecent about a child.
• The term "child" refers to anyone under 13.
• Gaining information of a child or posting information or photos of a child are illegal under COPA.
• FERPA: Federal Educational Records Privacy Act/Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
• Federal Educational Records Privacy Act of 1974
• FERPA refers to educational rights. Such as allowing a student to see their academic records and only the student and a guardian.
• Basically FERPA keeps student records secret like doctor patient confidentiality, but with student and educators.

Connecting.
COPA and FERPA are laws of the U.S. so technically if I live in Colombia, then they don't affect me. However, they protect the rights of children from being exploited or taken advantage of over the internet. These laws keep information withheld between a person and they keep weird online people from taking a child's information and from a person putting something indecent to a child online. I am older than 13 so another law like COPA would probably affect me. FERPA makes sure my records are kept into my family and not out everywhere for everyone to see.

Last Question?

• Are these laws kept in affect or enforced today or are they just generalizations that people know?

LINKS that i had used in the making of all these typed words and other things...

• http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm
•  http://civilliberty.about.com/od/freespeech/p/copa1998.htm
•  http://epic.org/privacy/education/ferpa.htm 
•  http://www.edtechteam.com/cue2011/legal