On May 23, the Biden Administration announced several new initiatives to support the development of a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy. The initiatives focus on: (1) outlining a plan to increase federal...more
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
Welcome back to Holland & Knight's monthly data privacy and security news update that includes the latest in policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. ...more
In our second issue, we looked at some focus areas for M&A insurers in the software/SaaS, internet telephony and on-demand sectors. In this note, we dig deeper into key underwriting topics for fintech, edtech and healthtech/...more
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
“U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Friday, August 16, 2019, sent letters to numerous education technology (EdTech) companies inquiring about data collection practices on...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Scaling an EdTech Startup? Here’s What You Need to Know - If you’re an educator new to the startup game, stop by this two-part piece from Inc42 about the unique...more
Today begins the first ever London Edtech Week with 20+ events June 19-23 and will coincide with the fifth annual EdTechXEurope conference June 20 and 21. Through a series of meet-ups, product demonstrations, cocktail events,...more
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
Last week I was in Austin, Texas attending one of the largest gatherings of education innovators in the world, the SXSWedu Conference and Festival. After some time thinking about all of the great discussions I had, I want to...more
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