PogoWasRight.org

Menu
  • About
  • Privacy
Menu

Respecting Student Privacy in the Cloud: The Need for an Industry Commitment

Posted on January 18, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Margo Day, Vice-President, U.S. Education at Microsoft, writes:

We have been working diligently with our customers in the K12 community to help them understand and meet data privacy obligations as schools increasingly move to innovative cloud-based services.  A recently published study by the Fordham Center for Law and Information Policy makes it clear that there is still much work to be done.  The positive reactions to the study and its recommendations– from school leaders, parent groups, industry groups and policy makers— suggests there is a unique opportunity for these groups to work together to solve many of the issues highlighted in the study.  In particular, the study demonstrates that our industry needs to step up and be a better partner with schools by being more transparent about how we handle their data and by agreeing to clear restrictions on how we will use their data, including agreeing not use such data for advertising, sales or marketing purposes.

Those common sense recommendations are just part of the improved transparency related to use of student and institution data that our industry owes its customers in the education community.

Read more on Microsoft  in Education Blog.

h/t, The Journal

No related posts.

Category: BusinessFeatured NewsYouth & Schools

Post navigation

← Turkish Parliament urged to reject draconian Internet bill – Reporters Without Borders
AU: Whistleblower cop loses breach-of-privacy case →

Now more than ever

Search

Contact Me

Email: info@pogowasright.org

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Germany’s top court holds that police can only use spyware to investigate serious crimes
  • Flightradar24 receives reprimand for violating aircraft data privacy rights
  • Nebraska Attorney General Sues GM and OnStar Over Alleged Privacy Violations
  • Federal Court Allows Privacy Related Claims to Proceed in a Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Against Motorola
  • Italian Garante Adopts Statement on Health Data and AI
  • Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help
  • Attorney General James Takes Action to Protect Sensitive Personal Information of Tens of Millions of People

RSS Recent Posts on DataBreaches.net

  • Connex Credit Union notifies 172,000 members of hacking incident
  • Federal judiciary says it is boosting security after cyberattack; researcher finds new leaks (CORRECTED)
  • Bank of America Refused To Reimburse Georgia Customer After Hackers Hit Account. Then a News Station Showed Up.
  • NCERT Issues Advisory on “Blue Locker” Ransomware Targeting Pakistan’s Key Institutions
  • Scattered Spider has a new Telegram channel to list its attacks
©2025 PogoWasRight.org. All rights reserved.
Menu
  • About
  • Privacy