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

Edsurge

“Even relatively low proportions of posts that reveal the PII of students mean that the privacy of hundreds of thousands of students may be risked,” researchers wrote. The quantities were notable, researchers explained, because of well-documented parental concerns over other people having access to their children’s information.

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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

edWeb.net

One point made during the presentation was that free apps are not always the best choice because some companies provide their apps at no charge and then generate revenue by collecting and selling users’ data, and the companies may not be aware of the requirements they need to meet when their users are students.

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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

Neo LMS

More students than ever before now have access to a quality education, no matter where they live. Lesson plans can be tailored to meet the learning needs of individual students. At the postsecondary level, more than 15% of students were enrolled exclusively online in 2017. How students can help secure their personal data.

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Fayette County Public Schools Leverage Lightspeed Engagement and Impact to Streamline Edtech and Data Privacy Management

Lightspeed Systems

Lightspeed’s Engagement & Impact solution provides Fayette County with a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution that ensures student data privacy, empowers teachers to manage devices within the classroom, and enables smart and informed edtech decision making. We have vetted over 130 apps in the past year.

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5 Critical Guidelines for Student Data Privacy

edWeb.net

More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s student data privacy policies. You might need to rethink all of your family documents from teacher presentations to handbooks to explain how your district protects student information. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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Chief Privacy Officers: The Unicorns of K-12 Education

Edsurge

Denver Public Schools in Colorado and Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland have each hired a senior-level official who is responsible for the organization’s privacy policies and data governance. The education leaders created the “Data Protection Addendum,” a document that each district requires its vendors to sign.

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5 Steps K-12 Schools Need to Consider When Moving to the Cloud

EdTech Magazine

Some schools have specific performance or availability requirements, which may make it difficult to find a public cloud solution that meets their standards. . These include Software as a Service migrations of infrastructure applications, which are so well documented and well understood that they’re widely considered to be slam dunks. .