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

Fisher Phillips on 5/1/2025

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

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

School Nutrition Vendor Sued for Compromise of 867,209 K-12 Student Records

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/23/2021

PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. (PCS) was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit last week alleging that it discovered a data breach from a hacking attack in December 2019 but failed to notify the affected students until...more

ED Requires Higher Education Audits to Review GLBA Data Security Compliance

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/20/2019

As discussed in a previous DBR on Data post, the U.S. Department of Education (“ED”) in recent years has repeatedly emphasized the importance of higher education institutions taking all appropriate measures to secure and...more

Security Breaches In Schools: 10 Steps To Protect Your Information

Fisher Phillips on 6/6/2019

California’s San Diego Unified School District recently disclosed that it had sustained a data breach when multiple phishing emails from malicious hackers were used to gather login information of staff members throughout the...more

Third-Party Contractors Get Schooled In Data Privacy – New York Style

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/15/2019

It should come as no surprise that educational institutions are among the top targets for hackers and purveyors of personally identifiable information. In 2017, only the financial and healthcare sectors had more data...more

Digital Crisis PR: Top five digital precautions for universities

K&L Gates LLP on 1/10/2019

When it comes to digital threats, universities must protect not only a broad and deeply layered infrastructure, but also vast populations of students. In this episode, Elisa D’Amico and Desiree Moore outline their top five...more

First Day of School for the NYS Education Department’s New Chief Privacy Officer

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 9/8/2016

As New York public schools increase the use of technology in day-to-day operations and in the classroom, they increasingly face data management and data security threats similar to those faced by businesses and non-profit...more

Colorado Student Data Privacy Bill – What EdTech software providers need to know

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/28/2016

Colorado is the latest state to revisit, and expand upon, its laws pertaining to the use and protection of student data. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper recently signed into law House Bill 16-1423 (the “Bill”) designed to...more

In with the New: 2015 Privacy, Advertising and Digital Media Predictions – Part III

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/16/2015

Part III of our 2015 predictions series comes from Of Digital Interest editor and McDermott partner, Heather Sussman, who predicts that states will be active with privacy and data security legislation during 2015....more

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