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Without question, digital classrooms have transformed the K-12 learning experience and edtech applications have delivered bushel loads of benefits to students and teachers alike. However, with every app, serious concerns remain about steadfastly protecting student data privacy.<\/p>\n

Internet Safety Labs recently released a report<\/a> based on a survey of 663 US schools and the analysis of 1,357 applications and determined that 78 percent of required or recommended school apps were \u201cvery high risk\u201d in terms of privacy and 79 percent of apps collected student location information.<\/p>\n

Before an application is used, it\u2019s critically important to ensure students\u2019 personal information and privacy is protected. Of course, digging through an application\u2019s data privacy policy can be a laborious task.<\/p>\n

Privacy policies are notoriously long and difficult to read, and with instructional coaches, educators, and IT professionals all pressed for time, vetting an app can be a demoralizing task.<\/p>\n

Until now!<\/p>\n

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Earlier this week, Lightspeed Systems announced its collaboration<\/a> with the Public Interest Privacy Center<\/a> (PIPC) and the AASA<\/a>, formerly the American Association of School Administrators, to produce The K-12 Privacy Policy Guide: How to Quickly Spot Red Flags<\/em><\/a>, a definitive resource to help educators quickly discover issues in privacy policies that would likely restrict the tool from being used with students. This resource is immediately available for download<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The K-12 Privacy Policy Guide: How to Quickly Spot Red Flags<\/i>\u00a0was created to help K-12 educators review an application\u2019s privacy policy before seeking approval to use it with students in the classroom. Very specifically, it shares common \u201cred flags\u201d to be aware of in reviewing an app\u2019s privacy policy that would preclude it from being recommended for students. Key search terms are listed to assist in filtering lengthy privacy policies to quickly navigate to areas of potential data privacy concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Key components of data privacy policies that need to be clearly understood by educators include the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n