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Data Security and International Travel: What K–12 Schools and Trip Chaperones Need to Know

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As global learning experiences become more common in K–12 education, schools increasingly send staff and students abroad for cultural exchanges, academic competitions, service trips, and more. While these trips offer...more

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The PowerSchool Breach: A Privacy Lesson on Third-Party Risk Exposure

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Key Takeaways: On December 28, 2024, education technology company PowerSchool disclosed a cybersecurity breach impacting 62 million students and 9.5 million educators across the globe. The intrusion, which began on December...more

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Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 1, January 2025

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Welcome to our sixth volume and first issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We have been publishing for six years and could not continue without our committed readers and your insights....more

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FAQs for Schools and Persons Affected By the PowerSchool Data Breach

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A massive data breach hit one of the country’s largest education software providers. According to EducationWeek, PowerSchool provides school software products to more than 16,000 customers, largely K-12 schools, that serve 50...more

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[Event] Higher Education & Healthcare Research Compliance Conference - June 10th - 12th, New Orleans, LA

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Don’t miss our annual conference devoted to higher education and research compliance - Attend the Higher Education & Healthcare Research Compliance Conference June 10–12, 2024 and hear from experienced professionals on a...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 9, November 2023

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The Accreditation Overhaul for North Carolina (and Florida) Colleges - Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 9, September 2023

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Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data? With the ever-expanding Internet of Things, data privacy is a growing concern in today’s digital age. The automotive industry is no exception. The National...more

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White House Announces Efforts to Strengthen K-12 Schools’ Cybersecurity

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In a 2019 post about increasing cyber risks in K-12 schools, we cited a report, “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2018 Year in Review,” that contained sobering information about cybersecurity in local school districts across...more

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Cyberthreats and K-12: EdTech Third Party Risk Management Checklist

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K-12 school districts across the country continue to be targeted by threat actors looking to steal sensitive personal information. Examples of this can be seen in the recent incidents affecting the Pearland Independent School...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 4, April 2023

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Tech Vendors and Cybersecurity – Are They Responsible? It has long been recommended that when you contract with a technology vendor that you include an indemnity clause in the contract wherein the vendor will indemnify you...more

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Releases New Report on Cybersecurity Threats for K-12 Entities

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School districts are relying on technology while they reshape educational services and reform educational methods. Due to this increased reliance on increasingly advanced technology, school districts have and will continue to...more

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It’s Elementary: Measures that Educational Institutions Should Take to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks: Part 3

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In the event of a ransomware attack, there are a host of legal frameworks that could potentially be implicated. Whether those laws apply often depends on the nature of the data that the threat actor accessed and/or acquired....more

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It’s Elementary: Measures that Educational Institutions Should Take to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks: Part 1

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The ransomware epidemic has affected and continues to affect all industries, including healthcare, manufacturing and finance. Since 2020, however, the education industry has been targeted as much as or more than any other...more

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Rebranded Ransomware Group Sabbath Hitting Hospitals and Schools

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Researchers at Mandiant have recently reported that a new ransomware group calling itself Sabbath appears to be the rebranded group Arcane and “picked up their pace” in November....more

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[Virtual Event] 2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference - June 14th - 16th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm CDT

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Attend SCCE’s annual conference for those who manage compliance at higher education institutions. Learn best practices and strategies, ask questions of the speakers, and share ideas with other attendees. The 2021 virtual...more

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Cyber Criminals Hone Attacks Against Schools

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The FBI recently issued a Flash alert warning higher education institutions, k-12 schools, and seminaries about increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting the education industry....more

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Dealing with Two Schoolyard Bullies: Schools Are Forced to Contend with Cyber-attacks While Also Trying to Manage Covid-19 Crisis

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Criminals are apparently not taking any time off during this pandemic, and in fact by all accounts have increased their attacks, particularly targeting entities whose attention is diverted to dealing with the fallout of the...more

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The Pandemic Lessons: The Future Of ESG And How It Will Define Business Success

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The rapidly increasing importance of a company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance to its business value, has been a critical trend leading into 2020. This trend was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic,...more

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[Virtual Event] Higher Education Compliance Conference - June 1st - 3rd

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Higher Education Compliance Conference will be held virtually. Attendees will enjoy Higher Education compliance sessions and industry updates in an interactive, online experience, plus have...more

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Data Security Top Concern for Higher Education IT Professionals

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At its annual conference, EDUCAUSE announced that the issue that is at the top of the 2018 Top 10 IT Issues is data security. This is no surprise. It has been the top concern for the past three years....more

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