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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

Edsurge

The quantities were notable, researchers explained, because of well-documented parental concerns over other people having access to their children’s information. They were also concerned that access to Facebook data by third parties like government and police agencies may violate laws meant to protect student privacy.

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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

edWeb.net

The student data covered by FERPA includes any files, documents, or records in other formats that contain information directly related to a student. Kevin then moved on to work as an education technology specialist and headed a district’s student data privacy, internet safety, and security initiative.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

Edsurge

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? If you have any questions—or see something that should be updated—please let me know on Twitter @tonywan or tony@edsurge.com. Stay safe, sane and sanitary, everyone.

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Privacy Protection and Human Error

Graphite Blog

As I now knew that the commenter was the principal of a school, it became clear that the subject of the question -- who, remember, was identified by first and last name -- was almost certainly a student at the school. At the very least, schools and districts should create a student-data-privacy-protection plan.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!)

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PROOF POINTS: What happens when private student information leaks

The Hechinger Report

Students were responsible for more than a quarter of the breaches; their most frequent motive was changing grades. The GAO relied on a private database of cyber attacks and leaks collected by Doug Levin of EdTech Strategies, a consulting firm. That’s because there’s no federal requirement for school districts to report data breaches.

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