Student data “middleman” program Clever’s combined privacy vigilance and convenience has enchanted nearly one-third of American schools, with 44,000 different institutions now employing the system, Buzzfeed reports. Teachers are drawn to the program as it prioritizes proper data handling. “Clever allows school districts to monitor what types of student information are handed over to third parties, and to ensure that data is handed over safely,” the report states, adding that it “vets the security and privacy policies of the apps it works with—it says it won’t allow an app to work with it unless it is compliant with federal privacy laws.”
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