Category Archives: student data privacy

Lege Trend. Tying Funding to CyberSecurity. 3 Points to Watch Out for in Legislation. Hello 3rd party providers.

The federal govenrment has tied Title IV Funding to data security, here’s the key standards that could be replicated by states:

  • Universities will be required to have “reasonable safeguards” to data breaches
  • Universities will beed an estblished response plan
  • Universities will need to oversee 3rd party service providers

Without these requirements, univeristies lose funding.

Department of Education | Breach Response Check List

EdTech | How to Tighten Higher Education Cybersecurity as…

5 States leading the way on Data Security Legislation. Medical Data. Retail Data. Data Businesses. All Businesses.

States are enacting more quickly and fully than the federal government on data security regulation. Here’s a look at the 5 states leading the way:

Lege Trend. An internet bill of rights? Hello all tech & telecom: this one is for you. Marketing and data limits.

Activists are promoting an Internet bIll of Rights, the kind of bill state legislatures love. What would it do?

  • Keeping your “browsing history” private
    • ​Except: fraud or potential crimes  
  • Full disclosure when being monitored, and the right to opt out
  • Preserving the privacy of your social media accounts.
  • Ownership of your personal, digital content
  • Notification of injurious data breaches
  • Fair play on social media platforms and/or internet providers
  • Protecting children on social media

    • …

Business TREND. 5 Types of Public Education student data that can be collected

  • Student identity data: Demographic and biometric information
  • User interaction data: Engagement metrics for educational content
  • Inferred content data: Data concerning how instructional material improves student proficiency
  • System-wide data: Administrative data about students, including attendance, disciplinary records and overall academic performance.
  • Inferred student data: Inferences based on teacher, content & student data that can be used to make predictions about student outcomes.

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Local TREND. Promoting Cyber Security Skills in Public Education with Mayors Cyber Cup. 3 Points about the Competition.

Who is behind the California Mayors Cyber Cup? California Mayors and California Cyberhub

The competition: brings high school and junior high school students from across the state to represent their specific cities in a cybersecurity competition

The policy goals: 

  • educated workforce
  • leader in addressing the global cybersecurity skills gap
  • helps cities meet economic development goals to strengthen the workforce

CISION | California Uses Cyber Competition to Bring Cybersecurity Awareness to…

3 TakeAways. Education Vendors + Data Security = The Bill that Set Public Education Contract Policy in the Mountain Laurel State

State: Connecticut

The Data Security for Education Contracts Bill: 2016’s  H.B. No. 5469

3 Takeaways for Education Vendors:

  • All vendors need written data privacy agreements
    • All means all from yearbook publishers to niche apps to Google
  • 2 Policy Goals the state wanted to meet:
    • Protect students from targeted advertising
    • Require notification of data breaches 
  • The unintended consequence: Each data privacy contract is required by each school district which led to a lot of legal fees for…

Lege Trend. 3 Points from a Student Data Security Notification Bill in the Midwest.

Missouri will be considering  SB582 (2018) about student data breach notification. 

SB582 requires notification of a student data breach to 3 parties:

  • the student’s parent(s) or legal guardian(s)
  • the department of elementary and secondary education
  • the state auditor 

Lee’s Summit Tribune | Auditor Galloway announces legislation to require schools to notify parents in case of cyber security breach

4 Questions Schools are Asking Education Vendors

  • What data are they capturing?
  • Why are they capturing it?
  • Where are they housing it?
  • How do they recommend that schools house the data?

As schools place a greater concern on ensuring parents that student data is protected, schools are asking their edcation vendors more about data security.

Ed Tech | 3 Tips to Keep Parents Assured that Student Data Is Protected

Consumer Tech Assoc. Recommends Consistent Education Policy for Student Data Security. Bonjour Education Contractors

The Consumer Tech Association filing with the Commerce Department recommends government action on cybersecurity/datasecurity policies for education because there are so many differnt players in education.

The recommendations that we may soon see in Education Procurement Contracts:

  • market driven solutions e.g. contractors should step up and talk about their student data security protocols
  • instead of government checklists, we need nimble polcies that can adapt as tech changes
  • public-private…