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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1998 to protect children's privacy by regulating what personal information may be collected from children's online activity. The law applies to commercial websites and online services directed at children under thirteen years of age and regulates how personal information may be collected, stored or used. less -

Holland & Knight Data Privacy and Security Report: December 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/12/2024

Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly data privacy and security news update that includes the latest in policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments....more

Is It Enrollment Season Already? Fine-Tuning Your Enrollment Contract for the 2023-2024 School Year

Venable LLP on 10/27/2022

The enrollment contract sets the foundation and expectations for the relationship between the school and its community members. As such, it is important to ensure that your enrollment contract is well drafted and...more

Remote Learning – Privacy and Data Security Challenges

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/27/2020

As schools adapt to the reality of trying to teach remotely during the COVID-19 crisis, education technology companies are seeking to fill the needs of students and support remote learning despite stay-at-home orders imposed...more

COPPA, COVID, and EdTech: Essentials for Schools and Vendors

Franczek P.C. on 4/14/2020

Education has moved online, and students as young as pre-kindergarten are engaging in hours of remote learning via educational technology each school day. This has led all of us to think about the myriad of state and federal...more

Zoom & Schools: New Privacy Issues Arise

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 4/10/2020

As school districts increasingly rely on Zoom to facilitate online classes, and in many cases are expressly directing students to download and use the app, it implicates new legal concerns for the company....more

From Adventure Academy to Zoom: How to Select Educational Apps that Safeguard your Child’s Personal Data in the Era of At Home...

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 4/6/2020

K-12 schools, colleges, and universities around the country have shuttered their doors—most, for the rest of the academic school year—in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Educational institutions are in uncharted waters, but...more

Federal Agencies Respond to Concerns About Student Privacy

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/12/2017

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Education (ED) increasingly are responding to concerns about educational technology and its ability to capture and manipulate massive quantities of private student and...more

EFF Report Finds That Student Data is Not Adequately Protected By Ed Tech Companies

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/10/2017

On April 13, 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) published Spying on Students, a report detailing its investigation into school-issued devices and student privacy. EFF found that parents were overwhelmingly not...more

Don't Be Tardy. Get Schooled on North Carolina's New Education Technology Law Now!

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 6/13/2016

New NC Law Enhances Student Privacy Rights and Restricts Providers of Online Educational Resources Education technology (or "EdTech"), organizations will want to pay close attention to a new North Carolina statute that...more

Alert: Common Sense Media to Grade EdTech Company Privacy Practices

Cooley LLP on 3/16/2016

Last week, Common Sense Media ("CSM") announced that it is undertaking an ambitious initiative to evaluate and grade the student data privacy practices of EdTech companies that provide products, apps, or services for use in...more

Advertising Law - December 2015 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/22/2015

Copper-Infused Apparel Company Settles With FTC for $1.4M - Tommie Copper, Inc. and company founder Thomas Kallish reached a deal with the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that they misled consumers by claiming...more

Rapid Developments in State Student Privacy Laws

Locke Lord LLP on 5/8/2015

In 2014, at least 16 states enacted laws regulating the privacy of student information. The trend is continuing in 2015, as at least 165 state student privacy bills have been introduced thus far, six of which have already...more

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