On July 9, parents of school children across the U.S., in collaboration with the Student Data Privacy Project, filed more than a dozen complaints with the U.S. Department of Education alleging violations of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act when schools share children’s data with educational technology providers. Schwarz Group Managing Partner Joel Schwarz, CIPP/G, writes portions of FERPA are outdated, particularly as ed tech providers today gather “enormous amounts of data, often without anyone’s knowledge.” More effective, transparent control is needed, he said.
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