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What It’s Like Navigating the Strictest Student Privacy Law in the Country

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When kids and adults alike are downloading a new app, or creating an online account, they tend to click “I agree” and “Allow” without a second thought. But one good thing that’s come from the law, Nesmith says, is that in Louisiana, there’s no mistaking the importance of student data privacy—not anymore.

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Confronting K-12 Cybersecurity and the End of Innocence

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In discussions among educators and entrepreneurs about the importance of student data privacy, issues of information technology security risks and threats are often glossed over. While data breaches and technology vulnerabilities from companies such as.

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Practicing Privacy: Insights from Edtech Lawyer Gretchen Shipley

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University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game. And at least 14 states have passed student data privacy laws, so far.

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How Education is Becoming the Front Lines for Debating the Role of Algorithms

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Please sign up and take the survey at [link] How aware were students about what role algorithms play as they can navigate the world of information these days? All of them seem to be very aware of what was going on, and I think it’s because advertising has tipped the hands of these tech companies. What does that mean for privacy?

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Get to the root of the edtech issues with three key questions

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Starting from the early days of online education tools, teachers have been downloading their favorites and sharing them with students. Data can also show where programs may be contributing to student success and where the resources show minimal impact. Do you know if any of these applications violate student data privacy?

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Executive Briefs

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No matter how skilled, knowledgeable, passionate, or persistent school district employees are in building and attending to a student data privacy compliance program, the work simply cannot succeed without a leadership champion.

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Lightspeed Learning Lab – Edtech Best Practices for a Smooth Return to School

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Make sure your tech stack is set up to support fundamentals such as student data privacy, emerging challenges like AI policy-making, and ongoing critical mental health and safety concerns. You can specify the download speed, and many more options. 25:00 And without having to rely on that outdated data to inform it.

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