A message went out to parents across New Hampshire about a data breach by one of their online vendors. It’s good to see that administrators are notifying parents about this data breach. But did they tell you that some of these online vendors are in court, accused of selling student data?
I didn’t think so.
It looks like it takes a breach before parents are notified that their child’s personal information has been compromised. But why are they not telling parents that evidence has been presented to a court that these vendors are selling this same personal information?
EdTech Company PowerSchool Target of Lawsuit Over Claims They Illegally Sell Student Data
Former School teacher, Emily Cherkin, has filed a lawsuit against leading educational technology giant, PowerSchool. She filed her class action lawsuit in San Francisco this past spring and claims that the company illegally sells student data to third parties without authorized consent.
Now all of a sudden PowerSchool announces a data breach
Student, teacher data accessed in breach of software used in New Hampshire schools
Now the Ed Tech vendor is claiming there is a data breach. Does this mean that a hacker cannot access the personal information, but they can sell data?
Does this mean that if your child’s personal information is sold, that’s no big deal? But if there is an actual breach (assuming that’s accurate) then finally the school administrators will become concerned, and notify parents?
