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3 ways to strengthen your student data privacy compliance strategy

eSchool News

To proactively thwart these attempts to steal student data, states such as New York are passing legislation that requires school districts to adhere to stipulated student data privacy compliance regulations.

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A Real and Present Student Data Privacy Threat

Doug Levin

Student data privacy advocates should note well that this is neither an issue created by educational technology, nor associated with any technology company – and is allowable under current FERPA privacy protections.

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Student Data Privacy: What’s Your Obligation?

Tom Murray

Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. A few months prior to the hearing, data breaches at both Home Depot and Target became national news. Ten other must have privacy-related resources include: – Data Quality Campaign. – Future of Privacy Forum.

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CoSN 2019: New Analytics Dashboard Measures Education Technology ROI

EdTech Magazine

CoSN 2019: New Analytics Dashboard Measures Education Technology ROI. Students now have more devices than ever, making it more challenging to measure whether these technologies are being used correctly in the classroom and how they are affecting student outcomes. . How do you really justify technology?”

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Instructure Is Back on the Stock Market, But Not Much Change Expected For Canvas Users

Edsurge

Today’s move is expected to have little impact on the company’s strategy, meaning little will change for educators who use Canvas. They have not been the ‘evil’ company trying to use data to change their strategy.” And Instructure’s latest prospectus doesn’t mention big plans to use data or algorithms, notes Hill.

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6 things schools can do to ensure student data privacy

eSchool News

Student data privacy is quite a different topic from the headlines most people read concerning data breaches. Student data privacy concerns, specifically, center on the misuse of personally identifiable information, known by its acronym PII. Manage data with precision. So who is responsible?

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Will New York Do the Right Thing on Facial Recognition in Schools?

Doug Levin

For those who care about the evolving terrain of student data privacy and civil liberties issues in schools, you may know that the actions of Lockport (NY) Public Schools – and their defiance of the advice of the New York State Department of Education – have become a defining case. No Description.