Fordham University School of Law's Center on Law and Information Policy has released new research on the processing of student data. "Transparency and the Marketplace for Student Data" "seeks to provide an understanding of the commercial marketplace for student data and the interaction with privacy law," the executive summary states. Researchers used publicly available sources, conducted public records requests to educational organizations, and gathered marketing materials sent to secondary education students and found "an overall lack of transparency in the student information commercial marketplace and an absence of law to protect student information." Based on their findings, the researchers offer a set of four recommendations to help fill in gaps in law and better protect student data. 
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