Student Privacy

EDWEEK: Ed-Tech Industry Group Calls for Equity, Data Privacy Safeguards in AI 

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Data Protection

• Student Privacy

• News

EPIC Urges the Department of Education to Invest in Strong Privacy Safeguards when Funding EdTech through Seedlings to Scale

In comments filed November 13th, EPIC urged the Department of Education to establish safeguards that guide the development and deployment of any AI technologies funded by the Seedlings to Scale program. The Department of Education filed a Request for Information asking for insight to guide its efforts in funding technology intended to improve educational outcomes for all students.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Government AI Use

• Student Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Urges NTIA to Back Data Minimization, Address Wide Range of Harms to Minors Online

As children and teens continue spend so much of their lives online in recreational, social and educational settings, it has become clear that existing laws and regulations do not sufficiently protect minors from online harms. In the face of emerging risks from AI and other technologies, EPIC recommended that the NTIA center safeguards like data minimization or a ban on targeted advertising to minors in any of its future recommendations.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Children's Privacy

• Commercial AI Use

• Data Protection

• Student Privacy

• Updates

Comments of EPIC to the Department of Education on Seedlings to Scale

As a key driver of investment in and adoption of new technologies in the education space, the Department has an obligation to ensure that those systems do not cause harm to students. EPIC is concerned that deployment of data-extractive and mistake-prone AI systems in the education space could cause significant harm, and thus demands special safeguards.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Government AI Use

• Student Privacy

• APA Comments

NetChoice v. Bonta: The Case That Threatens the Future of Privacy

Last month, a California district court judge enjoined enforcement of the state’s Age-Appropriate Design Code, or AADC, based on a dangerously overbroad reading of the First Amendment. The weaponization of the constitution in NetChoice v. Bonta should raise alarms for all privacy and consumer protection advocates. 

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Location Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis

EPIC Tells Fourth Circuit That School Officials Working With Police Cannot Search Student Cell Phones Without Warrants

EPIC has filed an amicus brief urging the Fourth Circuit to recognize that a school working in conjunction with a police officer cannot search a student cell phone without a warrant.

• Data Protection

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• Updates

O.W. v. Carr et al.

• Data Protection

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• Amicus Briefs

Bloomberg Law: Virtual Exam Case Primes Privacy Fight on College Room Scans

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Student Privacy

• News

Technician: OPINION: I’m done with Proctorio — you should be too

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Student Privacy

• News

Ninth Circuit Revives Children’s Privacy Class Action Against Google

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• Updates