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A comment on California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got data to study education. Parent comment

Re:California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got ... by kayodelycaon on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:11PM (#36909046)
Student records are protected by federal law. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Educational_Rights_an...

Personally, I think an individual’s privacy should take precedence here.

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Re:California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got ... by deathanatos on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:59PM (#36909835)
> Personally, I think an individual’s privacy should take precedence here.

There's no individual's privacy even at stake here. None of the data that's non-public is even material or relevant to the dispute here, beyond that the professors in question signed an agreement to access the data for unrelated matters.

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