The challenge:
Education providers and edtech companies are at the forefront of addressing the intricate challenges posed by student data privacy and security. In the United States, compliance with federal laws such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is crucial. COPPA safeguards the collection of personal information from children under 13, while FERPA protects the privacy of student education records and grants parents specific rights with respect to their children’s education records.
Globally, regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union set stringent standards for data protection, impacting any entity that processes the personal data of EU citizens. These laws collectively underscore the importance of robust data protection measures, informed consent protocols, and the ethical management of student information. Navigating this complex regulatory landscape requires a proactive approach to privacy, with systems designed to ensure compliance and protect the educational community’s trust.
Ensure your institution can identify and protect student personal data wherever it is stored
Discover over 300 predefined and variant types of data, including personal and sensitive information from more than 50 countries
Streamline compliance with COPPA and FERPA as well as other regional and country-specific privacy legislation and regulation
Trusted by education providers and institutions to support student data security
The solution:
Enterprise Recon by Ground Labs delivers advanced discovery, management and remediation capabilities for all critical data across on-prem and cloud environments.
Education institutions and EdTech solution providers achieve compliance with Ground Labs
The value of data discovery in education technology
This article explains the responsibility of data privacy for education technology providers and institutions and the role of data discovery.
Corporations have data stored in so many locations that it is impossible to manually look for information. With the data security tool from Ground Labs, it makes the process easy and simple for organizations to search for data that is stored in a non-secure manner and take corrective actions to remediate it and secure the data."