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How to Vet Schools' Apps for Student Data Privacy

EdTech Magazine

While many educational software providers offer students helpful and engaging content, some can end up exposing student data. A December 2022 report from Internet Safety Labs confirmed that 96 percent of school apps shared student data with third parties, and 28 percent exposed kids to advertising.

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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Student welfare, of course, is comprised of many elements, including teaching and learning, student mental health, student safety, and, importantly, student data privacy. We will always treat that data with the utmost security and privacy.

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Data Privacy in a Pandemic? Parents Are Concerned, But Still Welcome More Tech

Edsurge

Still, parents further answered that they are equally responsible (52 percent) for their studentsdata privacy as their child’s school administrators are. Schools are the ones legally responsible for protecting student data. self-paced or self-directed learning (91 percent).

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Why K–12 Students Need to Be Taught to Guard Their Data Online

EdTech Magazine

Shockingly poor data hygiene. Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . The consequence?

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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

Neo LMS

While the bulk of cybersecurity is in the hands of trained techs and professionals, students can learn how to effectively safeguard their online data. And it’s a lucrative business: There were more than 26,000 reported victims of phishing scams in 2018, who lost upwards of $48 million. Cybersecurity is everyone’s business.

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Blackbaud signs pledge to respect student data privacy

eSchool News

National pledge outlines expectations to safeguard student data and privacy. Blackbaud has signed the Student Privacy Pledge created by the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). Be transparent about collection and use of student data.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. SIIA dates back to 1984, when it was known as the Software Publishers Association. Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends.

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