Updated: September 2002
Privacy
Issue Description
HSLDA and the National Center for Home Education believes that a person's right to privacy should always receive a higher protection than a government's right to information, unless the government has a compelling interest in collecting that information. To this end HSLDA is committed to protect the privacy interests of our members.
In our own organization protecting the privacy interests of our members means refraining from selling or publicizing addresses and other personal information about a member to an outsider without prior permission from that member. Outside of HSLDA and the National Center we work to protect our members by studying privacy legislation, informing our members so they can personally contact their federal representatives, and lobbying congressional offices.
Issue Background
In the early years of the modern homeschooling movement, the major fight was to ensure that homeschooling was recognized as legal. While legal challenges still pop up frequently, the struggle has moved on to other areas as well, and one of the newest frontiers in the privacy of homeschool information and families.
Examples of legislation and laws that the National Center has been monitoring over the last several years include: the American Community Survey, legislation on national ID cards, the Children's Alternative Tax ID Act, 1999 FDIC Know Your Customer rule, and much, much more.
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