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From: Dan Updegrove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 12, 2006 7:45:04 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fwd: [IP] more on Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam
Dave,
The University of Texas at Austin manages student data
confidentiality and disclosure in accordance with FERPA, the Federal
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (aka the Buckley
Amendment) and the Texas Public Information Act. Under FERPA,
universities designate certain formation as "directory information"
that may be disclosed without the student's explicit permission
(although students may elect to make directory information
confidential, most students do not). Under the Public Information
("Open Records") Act, "it is the policy of this state that each
person is entitled, unless otherwise expressly provided by law, at
all times to complete information about the affairs of
government ...." including student directory information.
More info
FERPA: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/index.html
Texas Public Info Act: http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinopen/
opengovt.shtml
UT Austin's FERPA policies: http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/
ferpa/
Regards,
Dan
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Subject: [IP] more on Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:16:07 -0500
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Gerald Shifrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 12, 2006 6:20:52 PM EST
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Subject: RE: [IP] Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam
Isn't there any concern that the dating service legally obtained the
student's email address from the university?
I wonder what other information was "legally" distributed?
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From: Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: January 12, 2006 6:30:25 AM EST
To: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, cyberia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Supreme Court Lets University Block Spam
http://htdaw.blogsource.com/post.mhtml?post_id=182235
Court Lets University of Texas Block Spam
Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 6:26 AM EST
Court Lets Univ. of Texas Block Spam
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a dispute
between the University of Texas and an online dating service upset
that
the school blocked thousands of unsolicited e-mails.
The high court let stand a federal appeals court's ruling that UT did
not violate the constitutional rights of White Buffalo Ventures
when it
blocked 59,000 e-mails in 2003.
White Buffalo Ventures, which operates LonghornSingles.com, said it
had
complied with all anti-spam laws and argued that a federal act that
allows certain e-mails superseded the university's anti-spam policy.
A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in August that the
federal anti-spam law, CAN-SPAM, does not pre-empt the university's
policy and that the policy is permissible under the First Amendment.
The Austin-based service had legally obtained the addresses from the
university, but the university started blocking the e-mail messages
saying White Buffalo was part of a larger spam problem that had
crashed
the computer system.
The university said it was also responding to complaints from students
and faculty.
At the time, UT issued a cease and desist order, but White Buffalo
refused to comply. So UT blocked all the e-mail messages from White
Buffalo's IP address.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_dating_spam
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