EAGLE SCOUT | ISSUE NO. 21-11

NEWS | Privacy fears over University's form asking researchers to declare relationships
23 May 2021

AUSTRALIA —A new form by the University of Sydney which requires master’s and PhD students to declare their “broadly relevant” personal relationships and with overseas organizations has been criticized by students and privacy experts. The form requires students to state any personal relationships like family members, close friends, ex-partner or any activities with a company, organization, professional association in Australia or overseas that is relevant to their research. READ HERE 
 

FEATURE | Edtech in schools -  a threat to Data privacy
27 May 2021

UNITED KINGDOM – As the use of education technology (EdTech) continues to grow in schools, school leaders and policy makers also grapple in ensuring data protection and privacy literacy as data extractions are performed by Edtech companies. While digital data is very important for these platforms to improve decision making and design of curriculum, it can eventually monitor and control student interactions. This article provides the importance of privacy, and vulnerabilities of this type of technology. READ HERE
 

NEWS | Private schools complain of data security breach
24 May 2021

INDIA – The Associated Management of Primary and Secondary schools of Karnataka have complained of a data security breach. This came after the practice of Cluster Resource Persons (CRPs) freely giving out their login details to individual schools for access to the Unified District Information System for education database. READ HERE

FEATURE | Cybersecurity in higher education: from 'no' to 'know'
26 May 2021

UNITED STATES – Data breaches have become one of the greatest sources of security and privacy risks for educational institutions today. The shift to remote working and learning also makes it difficult to manage and maintain end-user security protection. This article guides institutions what are the cybersecurity best practices to consider, to mitigate the risk. READ HERE

NEWS | Concerns on data privacy hamper DOJ
31 May 2021

PHILIPPINES – The Department of Justice is having difficulties getting the full cooperation from law enforcement agencies in relation to drug war review due to data privacy issues. These agencies are worried they might face charges if they share anti-drug operation information in spite of the National Privacy Commission’s approval of sharing information related to the anti-drug operations. READ HERE