Listing of events related to the Learning Observer
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On paper, it would seem that a technology infrastructure ought to comply with relevant laws. In practice, this is rarely the case, since most laws are unenforceable, and even for those which are, there is little enforcement. In most countries, ed-tech takes a don’t-ask-don’t-tell approach to compliance.
In the US, where I live, the relevant laws include:
In addition, many states have local laws granting rights beyond that. For example, in California, CCPA is modeled on the European GDPR.
In practice, for most ed-tech systems, it is impossible for parents to:
Since all of those live on proprietary servers. Data is also widely distributed (click on the “cookie” link on any web page!), and there is no way to effectuate something like a right-to-be-forgotten request if data isn’t track. This is doubly true of research data living on graduate student (and employee) laptops. A request to be forgotten ought to cascade everywhere data went, and this isn’t currently tracked.
Of course, laws vary across the ≈200 jurisdictions in the world.
For 15 minutes, discuss: