Legally Enforceable Student Privacy Pledge Reaches 300 Signatories, Say FPF, SIIA
More than 300 educational technology companies have signed the Student Privacy Pledge, which lists legally enforceable commitments designed to protect K-12 student data, said the Future of Privacy Forum and the Software & Information Industry Association in a Monday news…
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release. Major signatories include Apple, AT&T, Blackboard, Google and Microsoft. FPF and SIIA launched the initiative in 2014 with 14 companies. Companies commit to 12 obligations, including not to sell students' personal information or collect or use such data for anything else other than educational purposes, said the release. “The Pledge’s enforceable provisions have also driven a rapid growth of the privacy-minded culture within companies today that places privacy first in the development process alongside functionality,” said Brendan Desetti, SIIA director-education policy, in the release. In December, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a complaint with the FTC against Google, alleging the company has been collecting and data mining personal data of school children in violation of the pledge. Google maintained it does comply (see 1512010068). The FTC didn't comment on the status of the complaint.