GW data collection effort sparks campus privacy concerns

Image:  Revelations that George Washington University launched a data-analytics pilot project last fall that monitored locations of students, faculty and staff without their knowledge or consent have raised new questions about data privacy on college campuses and shined a light on a project that deeply concerned many GW faculty members. GW president Mark S. Wrighton apologized for the incident in a campuswide email sent Feb. 11. He emphasized that the university did not analyze...