Privacy Articles

2018 State of EdTech Privacy Report: Third-party Marketing

Girard Kelly | May 30, 2018

A majority of applications and services are non-transparent or explicitly allow Third-party Marketing.

Girard Kelly | May 29, 2018

A majority of applications and services disclose they do not rent, lease, trade, or sell data, but many are non-transparent.

Girard Kelly | May 28, 2018

A majority of applications and services disclose an Effective Date or version number of the policies.

Girard Kelly | May 25, 2018

A majority of applications and services use Default Encryption of information for login and account creation.

Girard Kelly | May 24, 2018

As part of our privacy evaluations, we are releasing our research data in evaluating edtech applications and services. Learn more about our findings.

Bill Fitzgerald | January 11, 2018

As part of our updated evaluations, we are including a numerical roll-up score with our summary reports. Learn what this number means.

Bill Fitzgerald | December 8, 2017

When evaluating software, it's often necessary to look in multiple places to find the applicable policies. This is how we do it.

Bill Fitzgerald | November 22, 2017

Want to learn more about updates to the privacy evaluations? Get an overview here.

Bill Fitzgerald | November 22, 2017

Learn more about the updated evaluations, and the new tiers that will be incorporated into the evaluations