This is a nice summary, even if it is selling a product: http://www.cloudlock.com/solutions/compliance-and-regulation/google-docs-ferpa-compliance/

Basically, you have to keep the data from becoming public. So as long as the documents that hold the student data are not shared "Public on the web" you should be compliant.





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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Bill Clark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Does anyone maintain student records in the Google cloud with Google Apps ??

 

Wondering if there are any confidentiality issues providing access to records this way ..

 

Bill Clark

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