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In December 2021, a data breach occurred at Illuminate after the credentials of a former employee were commandeered by hackers. The information downloaded allegedly contained student names, birth ...

Children’s privacy is a unique legal area that generally applicable data protection laws cannot easily address. Children have significant economic power, but they require greater privacy protections ...

On November 6, 2025, the California, Connecticut, and New York Attorneys General (collectively, the “Attorneys General”) announced a settlement with Illuminate Education, Inc. to resolve allegations ...

If a teacher uploads detailed lesson plans to her school’s AI-based curriculum tool, could her work or her students’ data end up training the next model? Often, teachers have no way of knowing. “We ...

In 2025, schools are sitting on more data than ever before. Student records, attendance, health information, behavioral logs, and digital footprints generated by edtech tools have turned K-12 ...

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As AI becomes increasingly common in classrooms, educators, parents and students are raising concerns about data privacy and the role schools should play in protecting children’s information.

When hackers hit a school district, they can expose Social Security numbers, home addresses, and even disability and disciplinary records. Now, cybersecurity advocates warn that the Trump ...

A recently-filed lawsuit accuses a widely used school program, i-Ready, of collecting extensive student data and sharing it with third parties. The complaint alleges the program gathers more than 80 ...

NFEC analysis finds financial education standards and legislation requiring activities involving sensitive personally identifiable information (PII), including Social Security numbers, birthdates, and ...