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What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire U.S. Edtech Companies?

Edsurge

William Carter, Center for Strategic and International Studies A particularly notable deal this year centers on Edmodo , a cross between a social networking platform and a learning management system for schools that boasts having upwards of 90 million users. million earlier this month.

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Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security

EdTech Magazine

There have been 361 cybersecurity incidents involving public schools since 2016 according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center , and with rates increasing year over year , schools need to be more aware of issues with data privacy and enact targeted solutions to keep student data safe.

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5 Essential Tools for Protecting Student Privacy Online

Fractus Learning

MyPermissions – Control access to personal information. MyPermissions is an excellent tool to help clarify student privacy settings and is a great conversation starter on personal data access. More than 70 companies just signed a pledge to protect student data privacy.

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PROOF POINTS: What happens when private student information leaks

The Hechinger Report

Confidential health information of students in Chicago was kept on unsecured web documents that anyone could access. In a third case, a high school survey that asked students to identify bullies or their victims was inadvertently shared by staff. Students and teachers feared retribution. Our students deserve that.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators.

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