Now that fall is officially here with students fully immersed in another year of schooling, all the anxieties "for children and parents alike" is back. "We worry about assignments, friendships, grades, and, particularly in the U.S., we worry about safety," writes Citigroup Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Amanda O'Keefe, CIPP/US, CIPM. Embedded in the modern classroom, of course, is technology, which "certainly has its benefits," she points out. However, the increased use of third-party vendors in the classroom, including facial-recognition technology, should cause concern for parents, their children and school systems. In this post for Privacy Perspectives, O'Keefe lays out several education-technology privacy concerns facing schools and why that should engender a broader conversation about its implications and possible solutions. 
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