Elana Zeide is an attorney, consultant, and scholar focusing on student privacy, data-driven education, and algorithmic assessment and credentialing. She is a Research Fellow at New York University’s Information Law Institute, an Affiliate of the Data & Society Research Institute, and an Advisory Board member of the Future of Privacy Forum and iKeepSafe. She writes for both popular and academic publications, recently including “Algorithms Can Be Lousy Fortunetellers” on Slate, “Moving Beyond FERPA and FIPPs: Student Privacy Principles for the Age of Big Data” forthcoming in the Drexel Law Review, and “Unpacking Student Privacy” in the upcoming Handbook of Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining.
Elana Zeide

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Data & SocietyIn a piece written for the National Association of State Boards of Education journal, The State Education Standard, D&S affiliate Elana Zeide writes about student data privacy and the need for states to shift towards proact... Read on Data & SocietyMay 2016 -
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Future of Privacy ForumD&S Affiliate Elana Zeide's Future of Privacy Forum paper identifies 19 studies where data was successfully used to evaluate a program, create a new strategy, or delve into equity and bias issues. “Properly used, mind... Read on Future of Privacy ForumMarch 2016 -
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New York UniversityElana ZeideNatasha SingerHelen NissenbaumTed MagderRichard ArumAnya KamenetzKouross EsmaeliBrett FrischmannData & Society Fellow Natasha Singer participated in a panel alongside D&S Affiliates Elaina Zeide and Hellen Nissenbaum on the Implications of Data-driven Education as part of the Technology, Privacy, and the Future of... Read on New York UniversityMarch 2016 -
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Data & SocietyWith the rise of online learning environments, student records are no longer just basic academic and administrative information, but include data and metadata generated from student interaction with digital platforms as well as... Read moreJanuary 2016 -
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SlateOne week D&S affiliate Elana Zeide is described by the new app Crystal as "a quick learner with strong analytical, creative, and social skills, but may seem scatter-brained, forgetful, and/or sarcastic” and the next week as... Read on SlateMay 2015 -
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Data & SocietyThis primer discusses data-driven education and the increasing use of data in educational reform, while raising both concerns and challenges within this growing field. Read moreOctober 2014