S04E05 - Information Technology, Student Data Privacy and Records, Everyone’s Responsibility, An Interview with Ms. Linnette Attai.

About this episode

This episode discusses student data privacy and best practices in technology for protecting student data, particularly in rural schools.

In this episode of the Rural Voice, we are discussing student data privacy and best practices in technology for protecting student data. We explore the importance of protecting student data, why rural schools particularly should be focused on data protection, and ways that teachers and administrators should be thinking about data protection. We discuss the free resources provided by CoSN that teachers and administrators can use to protect data in rural schools. We also explore some of the common mistakes made by users and how school systems can protect themselves from hacking and phishing attacks. This is a great episode for anyone concerned with protecting student information in their role in education. About our Guest Linnette Attai is Project Director for CoSN’s Privacy and Trusted Learning Environment initiatives. As founder of the global privacy consulting firm PlayWell, LLC, Linnette provides strategic advice, training, policy development, and related guidance to a wide range of organizations. She is the author of an FTC-approved COPPA safe harbor program, and serves as virtual chief privacy officer and GDPR data protection officer to select clients. Linnette is a…

People in this episode

Guest: Linnette Attai

Topics covered

• student data privacy
• technology
• rural education
• data protection
• best practices

Keywords

• CoSN
• hacking
• phishing
• education
• data protection resources

Mentioned in this episode

Products: CoSN resources

Places: U.S.

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