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Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security

EdTech Magazine

There have been 361 cybersecurity incidents involving public schools since 2016 according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center , and with rates increasing year over year , schools need to be more aware of issues with data privacy and enact targeted solutions to keep student data safe.

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Chief Privacy Officers: The Unicorns of K-12 Education

Edsurge

Denver Public Schools in Colorado and Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland have each hired a senior-level official who is responsible for the organization’s privacy policies and data governance. It’s the closest thing BCPS has to a privacy official, Corns says. He also spends a lot of time on contract reviews, he says.

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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

Neo LMS

One of the world’s most notorious phishing scams seen in a campus environment occurred in 2016. Following the attack, the University beefed up its cybersecurity, and all students and faculty were required to change their email passwords. But it’s not only finances at stake where student data privacy is concerned.

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The ABCs of Student Data Privacy for Administrators

District Administration

Publication Date: December 8, 2016 Student Data Privacy for Administrators By Andrew Bloom & Linnette Attai. Sponsor Logo: Relevant Date: 12/08/2016. pdf Teaching & Learning Technology.

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Student-Data-Privacy Laws Take Effect in California and New Hampshire

Graphite Blog

Student-data-privacy laws take will take effect across the country in 2016, allowing for the most comprehensive industry-targeted student-data-privacy legislation in the country. An estimated 7.2

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How Librarians Hold the Key to Future Ready Schools

Digital Promise

I posed that question in my recent TEDx talk during the 2016 Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools meeting in San Diego. Digital citizenship, content curation, making and coding, student data privacy, blended learning, open educational resources. Do you see librarians as part of the future?

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6 things schools can do to ensure student data privacy

eSchool News

Student data privacy is quite a different topic from the headlines most people read concerning data breaches. Student data privacy concerns, specifically, center on the misuse of personally identifiable information, known by its acronym PII. Manage data with precision. Vet your vendors.