General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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Online learning has a lot of advantages. It makes lessons more interesting, more interactive, and there is more time available to help students one on one. Apart from that, ICT tools enable teachers to differentiatie, and to apply task-based learning. Although this is all wonderful, the 'new' privacy law (GDPR) has to be taken into account, especially when dealing with students who are younger than 16 years of age.
GDPR
Since May 2016, a new law has been approved in the EU. This law is the General Data Protection Regulation. From May 2018 onwards, this law will be enforced, meaning organisations risk a fee up to 4% of their worldwide revenue if they do not meet the new privacy standards.
What does it mean?
The 'new' law forces organisations and companies to take responsibility for the protection of personal data. Whenever data is collected, the person concerned must be able to find out, in plain language, what the organisation plans to do with the information. Apart from that, any person can request his or her personal data to see what the organisation knows about them. Lastly, anyone can ask for their personal data be deleted and any point; and the organisation who owns the data, has to comply.
At school
This new law has implications for education as well. Schools are organisations, and are therefore responsible to protect their students' and employees' personal data. Online learning environments and leanring analytics are still very useful, but they also generate personal data. A school is automatically responsible for protecting this data, and they can be held accountable.
What about using tools?
You can still use tools, but there are some things that need to be taken into account. Using a tool that collects and processes data, requires students' - or their parents', if they're younger than 16 years old - permission. This means that if students have to create an account, you cannot use the tool unless you can prove you have permission to do so.
Do you want to check if you can use the tool? Take a look at the decision tree below!
Online learning has a lot of advantages. It makes lessons more interesting, more interactive, and there is more time available to help students one on one. Apart from that, ICT tools enable teachers to differentiatie, and to apply task-based learning. Although this is all wonderful, the 'new' privacy law (GDPR) has to be taken into account, especially when dealing with students who are younger than 16 years of age.
GDPR
Since May 2016, a new law has been approved in the EU. This law is the General Data Protection Regulation. From May 2018 onwards, this law will be enforced, meaning organisations risk a fee up to 4% of their worldwide revenue if they do not meet the new privacy standards.
What does it mean?
The 'new' law forces organisations and companies to take responsibility for the protection of personal data. Whenever data is collected, the person concerned must be able to find out, in plain language, what the organisation plans to do with the information. Apart from that, any person can request his or her personal data to see what the organisation knows about them. Lastly, anyone can ask for their personal data be deleted and any point; and the organisation who owns the data, has to comply.
At school
This new law has implications for education as well. Schools are organisations, and are therefore responsible to protect their students' and employees' personal data. Online learning environments and leanring analytics are still very useful, but they also generate personal data. A school is automatically responsible for protecting this data, and they can be held accountable.
What about using tools?
You can still use tools, but there are some things that need to be taken into account. Using a tool that collects and processes data, requires students' - or their parents', if they're younger than 16 years old - permission. This means that if students have to create an account, you cannot use the tool unless you can prove you have permission to do so.
Do you want to check if you can use the tool? Take a look at the decision tree below!
