An overview of federal and state laws governing children’s and student privacy in the US, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), as well as sector-specific rules, ...

In the year 2025, no one should have to be convinced that protecting data privacy matters. For education institutions, it’s really that simple of a priority–and that complicated. Despite the passage ...

SEATTLE — In a recent survey of K-12 ed-tech leaders, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) found that most are extremely or very concerned about student data privacy but lack the expertise and ...

In today’s digital world, students generate and share data almost constantly—through online classes, learning apps, social media, gaming platforms, and everyday internet use. Understanding ...

Many school district technology leaders are struggling to establish fundamental student data privacy practices, partly due to a lack of support from the rest of the district, concludes a new report ...

Washington, D.C. – CoSN today awarded Delaware Area Career Center in Delaware, Ohio, the Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Mini Seal in the Business Practice. The CoSN TLE Seal is a national ...

In December 2021, a data breach occurred at Illuminate after the credentials of a former employee were commandeered by hackers. The information downloaded allegedly contained student names, birth ...

To be clear, this is not an argument against technology in education. It is a petition for transparency, accountability and ...

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The second lawsuit against the K-12 system centers around how data is collected.

Local K-12 school technology directors and cybersecurity staff gathered in Neosho for a student data privacy training session ...

As education technology and models have evolved over recent years, data-driven learning has become a necessity. To identify effective ways of creating more customized classroom experiences, many ...