Think Your Company Does a Good Job of Collecting Children’s Data? Regulators Might Disagree

ByClaudiu Popa

Big, positive news for public education and parents: “This order makes clear that ed tech providers cannot outsource compliance responsibilities to schools, or force students to choose between their #privacy and #education“.

Kudos to the Federal Trade Commission for standing up for chidren’s right to privacy and offering much-needed guidance to the poorly regulated #edtech sector. Lots of useful takeaways here for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada/Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada and the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

Click to read the referenced article: FTC Says Ed Tech Provider Edmodo Unlawfully Used Children’s Personal Information for Advertising and Outsourced Compliance to School Districts | Federal Trade Commission

While I’m at it, a gentle reminder to government agencies is in order to impose student #datadeletion upon #cloud and education providers at the end of each #school year, without exception. This is particularly critical now that #AI and #biometric data #analytics are being normalized in classrooms.

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