Maritza Jean-Louis writes:
A substantial rise in schools’ use of online educational technology products has caused educators to become increasingly reliant on these products to develop their curricula, deliver materials to students in real time, and monitor students’ progress and learning habits through the collection of data by third-party cloud computing service providers. Unfortunately, with these advances come the data security concerns that go hand-in-hand with cloud computing—such as data breaches, hacking, spyware, and the potential misappropriation or misuse of sensitive personal information. With the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)—federal legislation enacted to safeguard the privacy of student data—in place for four decades, the education sector is ripe for new standards and guidance on how to protect students’ personal information in the era of cloud computing.
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