Student Data Privacy: Managing Vendor Relationships

How do education institutions protect student data privacy while working with technology providers? Often times, the work is clouded by a good deal of fear and uncertainty. In Student Data Privacy: Managing Vendor Relationships, Linnette Attai leverages her decades of experience working with technology providers and education institutions to provide the guidance education technology providers can use to manage their privacy responsibilities from a position of strength. Understand how defining your own data privacy and security requirements is the best pathway to creating actionable requirements for technology companies. Learn how to build collaborative partnerships with technology companies without compromising on data privacy. Leverage company knowledge to improve your own data protection program, and sharpen your negotiating skills so you can move ahead with the privacy requirements you need solidly in place. In doing so, you’ll be on the right path to identifying the technology provider practices that are the right fit for your organization, and for the students and parents you serve.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Why is This So Hard? Chapter 2: Start with Knowledge Chapter 3: Build on the Foundation: State, Global and Emerging Regulations Chapter 4: Begin with the End in Mind Chapter 5: Trust but Verify Chapter 6: Building Your Assessment Program Chapter 7: Contracts Chapter 8: Negotiating Chapter 9: Building Trust with Parents Epilogue About the Author

About the Author :
Linnette Attai is a recognized expert in youth and education data privacy regulations, and the founder of PlayWell, LLC, a global privacy compliance consulting firm. Linnette brings more than twenty-five years of experience to the work, helping organizations build their compliance practices and serving as a virtual Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer. She is a TEDx speaker and author of the books, “Student Data Privacy: Building a School Compliance Program” and “Protecting Student Data Privacy: Classroom Fundamentals."

Review :
Linnette Attai has once again created a clear and comprehensive student data privacy guide for educators. Her latest book shows how educational agencies can develop positive relationships with software vendors, establish procedures for selecting and vetting software products, and negotiate contracts with privacy in mind. A must read for administrators tasked with purchasing educational software products for their districts and schools. Student data includes the most sensitive and mission-critical information under the stewardship of education organizations. However, safely sharing student data with trusted partners is essential to the effective management and instruction within schools. In Student Data Privacy: Managing Vendor Relationships, privacy expert Linnette Attai helps educational leaders improve protection of student data by illuminating the relationship between privacy legislation and student data, and arming them with the important questions to be asking vendors. Education leaders will find value in the information regarding protecting student data whether they are building a vendor evaluation program from scratch or are working to evaluate and improve the processes already in place. As an education leader responsible for the procurement and evaluation of digital learning resources, I particularly found value in the questions to consider when reviewing policies and contracts with vendors.