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Privacy is Back in the House

February 2001 Â In its opening weeks, the new Congress has seen one student privacy bill, re-introduced, and a number of new measures affecting the use of lists for marketing purposes.

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., put forward a comprehensive education bill with the same privacy language approved by the House panel last year. Miller's bill calls for schools to obtain parental consent before allowing the collection of student information for commercial use. Although the bill exempts college recruitment activities, it does not exempt the organizations that provide names for these activities. It also restricts the use of student data to a specific product, preventing publishers from using the information to offer additional educational materials.

Other recent bills would:

• Expand the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act to cover kids over age 13.
• Require Web sites to clearly post notices on how they collect and use personal data.
• Prohibit Internet providers from disclosing Social Security numbers.
• Prohibit unsolicited e-mails, or "spam."

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