This summer, Pearson notified a handful of Illinois school districts that its AIMSweb 1.0 Platform had experienced a data breach that impacted over 13,000 account holders nationally. ...more
9/18/2019
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Education ,
Educational Institutions ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
FERPA ,
Notification Requirements ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
PTAC ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
School Districts ,
Student Privacy
At both the college and the grade school levels, administrators and researchers are thinking of creative ways to work together to use student data to drive success, with benefits to both levels of schools. ...more
As we move into the second half of the school year, we want to remind districts and charter schools of the importance of securing and protecting student data. Educators use and share student data in dynamic ways that improve...more
1/31/2017
/ Charter Schools ,
Clickwrap Agreements ,
Contract Terms ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Educational Institutions ,
Student Privacy ,
Student Records ,
Students ,
Technology
In working with school districts and charter schools, our firm has learned that many clients may have entered into agreements that lack key contract terms necessary to protect student data privacy. In other cases, we have...more