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[Barnum, William]

Hey Eric,

Thanks so much for looking into this.

It looks like the IL SOPPA law is not quite as clear-cut as I was lead to
believe, but my district is leery due to Facebook's general privacy
practices. Despite this, I'm working hard to convince them that we need to
find some solution that doesn't involve throwing away all our district's
Oculus hardware.

My understanding is that the Oculus only accounts aren't explicitly
compliant but would probably slip by in many schools because the IL SOPPA
law isn't really written to apply to non-educational products and
companies. That being said, it is much easier to get a school or district
to sign on to a product if it is affirmatively compliant with typical
educational privacy policies.

Bill





On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 12:23 PM Eric Brown <ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> This is a good reminder that I have meant to reach out to people I know at
> facebook to hear their thoughts on this issue.  As of now you can elect not
> link it to a facebook account but they do say that will change within a
> year I believe.  I was strongly hoping they would roll back this
> requirement for this very reason or provide a different avenue for
> schools.
>
> I will also do some testing to see if there is a way to put the rift s in
> developer mode or some other work around to get content to the device.  I
> am curious if the required Oculus account that is required now is also not
> compliant?  It is a challenge because I believe the HTC Vive and others all
> also require an account for their device or steam etc to power them…
>
> If anyone else has any input in this conversation I am very interested to
> hear.  I will let everyone know if I hear anything from people at Oculus or
> Facebook.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Eric
>
>
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> > From: "Barnum, William" <wbarnum at elmhurst205.org>
> > Subject: Illinois Student Privacy Rules and the Oculus Rift 😢
> > Date: January 29, 2021 at 8:48:00 AM PST
> > To: Alice educators <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> >
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm heartbroken.
> >
> > My district's charitable foundation just bought me an Oculus Rift S and
> workstation to use with Alice Programming.
> >
> > Now my IT people tell me that I have to give it back because Illinois is
> updating the SOPPA (student privacy) law and Facebook is not compliant.
> >
> > This is a hail mary. Is there any way I can use the Rift S with Alice
> without using Facebook. Is there some other option?
> >
> > Is there anyone to talk to?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill Barnum
> >
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