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EdTech Privacy Policy Audit
Privacy policies are written by corporate lawyers to be unreadable by parents and students. This tool does the reading for you — highlighting red-flag clauses and explaining what they actually mean for your child's data.
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Questions to ask your school board
- 1Does this vendor sell student data? (Ask for the specific contract language.)
- 2What third-party vendors does this tool share data with, and have all of them signed FERPA-compliant data processing agreements?
- 3What is the data retention period after our district stops using this tool?
- 4Has this tool been independently audited for algorithmic bias? (Especially AI writing detectors and proctoring tools.)
- 5Does our contract include a mandatory deletion clause that triggers upon termination?
- 6Is this vendor approved through the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) framework?
Tip: Print this list before attending a school board meeting.
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