Benjamin Herold reports: Growing public concern about student-data privacy is prompting fresh scrutiny of the ways technology vendors handle children’s educational information—and opening the gates for a flood of new questions and worries from advocates and school officials. Take prominent ed-tech players Edmodo, Khan Academy, and Pearson. Each already has access to the information of…
Category: Youth & Schools
KY: Governor Beshear signs data protection bill into law
Joe Arnold reports: A bill aimed at protecting the personal data of both Kentucky consumers and students was signed into law Thursday by Governor Steve Beshear (D-Ky). Sponsored by Rep. Steve Riggs (D-Louisville) with an amendment sponsored by Sen. Mike Wilson (R-Bowling Green), the bipartisan legislation (House Bill 232) requires businesses to notify consumers if…
Mt: Parents of students in Churchschools express concern on privacy issues
The Association of Parents of Children in Church Schools (APCCS) expressed concern about the use and protection of personal data of students and their relatives. The APCCS is seriously concerned about the contents of Legal Notice 76 of 2014. LN 76/2014 gives the Minister responsible for Education and Employment the right to obtain personal information…
Privacy concerns nix New York student-data plan
Carolyn Thompson reports: New York has reversed course to use an Atlanta-based company to store student data for parents and officials to use to track student progress, after the plan triggered privacy concerns and a legal challenge. “We will not store any student data with inBloom, and we have directed inBloom to securely delete all…