Privacy activists released a toolkit on Tuesday to help parents protect their children’s information online.
The Parent Toolkit for Student Privacy: A Practical Guide for Protecting Your Child’s Sensitive School Data from Snoops, Hackers, and Marketers, released by the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy (PCSP) and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), teaches families about federal laws safeguarding their information, how to ask about schools’ data policies, and how to advocate for stronger protections in an age when records are increasingly stored digitally.
“With districts outsourcing operations like bus, cafeteria, and instructional services to vendors who store student personal data in the ‘cloud’ and share it with third parties, including state and federal agencies, it’s more important than ever for parents to take some control over their children’s information. It’s not too late to take action when it comes to protecting our children’s privacy,” said Rachael Stickland, PSCP co-chair.
Josh Golin, CCFC executive director, added, “You shouldn’t need a PhD or law degree to ensure that your child’s sensitive student data isn’t shared with commercial entities. Our toolkit demystifies student privacy and empowers parents to set limits on who accesses the information collected by schools and other third parties about their children.”
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