Lavanya Sathyamurthy writes: Schools now depend on an average of 2,591 edtech tools in a single school year, according to one estimate. These tools can track private conversations between teachers and families and store comprehensive academic and personal records. Yet many companies do not clearly disclose how they collect and use student information. According to one nonprofit, 96% of apps used in…
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Paging regulators to Aisle 4 to look at Pacific Union College’s data security and breach disclosure
On November 8, Pacific Union College in California notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a breach in March 2023 that impacted 56,041 people. Their notification, submitted by external counsel at McDonald Hopkins, indicates that the breach occurred between March 5 and March 19, 2023 and was discovered on October 9, 2023. That discovery date…