{"id":51957,"date":"2020-04-21T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T21:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=51957"},"modified":"2020-04-21T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T21:42:52","slug":"childrens-privacy-is-at-risk-with-rapid-shifts-to-online-schooling-under-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/childrens-privacy-is-at-risk-with-rapid-shifts-to-online-schooling-under-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s privacy is at risk with rapid shifts to online schooling under coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2020\/apr\/06\/uk-councils-face-lawsuits-over-access-to-education-in-lockdown\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51958\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronopticon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronopticon.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronopticon-250x141.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2020\/apr\/06\/uk-councils-face-lawsuits-over-access-to-education-in-lockdown\">Schools<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/20\/coronavirus-impossible-mother-tirade-remote-schooling\">globally<\/a>\u00a0have scrambled to adopt or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-school-closures-extended-to-may-online-learning-to-bridge-gap\/\">expand use of technology<\/a>\u00a0to minimize learning disruptions related to COVID-19. Educational technology has long posed serious\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1477878518805308\">privacy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10676-018-9492-2cb\">equality problems<\/a>, and these problems are now reaching a boiling point. Hasty choices now could have long-term impacts.<\/p>\n<p>We are part of a seven-year research initiative,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.equalityproject.ca\/\">The eQuality Project<\/a>, which examines young people\u2019s experiences with privacy and equality in digitally networked environments. We are focused on how technology companies gather and use data about young people in ways that affect their well-being and relationships.<\/p>\n<p>We have documented a number of significant issues that are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5210\/fm.v24i11.10094\">possible byproducts of the data practices of educational technology (edtech) companies<\/a>. These include corporate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/2\/21\/21146998\/google-new-mexico-children-privacy-school-chromebook-lawsuit\">tracking of student activities both inside and outside of the classroom<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/the-avenue\/2019\/09\/26\/ai-is-coming-to-schools-and-if-were-not-careful-so-will-its-biases\/\">discrimination against young people from marginalized communities<\/a>, student loss of autonomy due to ongoing monitoring of their activities and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2019\/08\/20\/legislators-ask-plus-firms-explain-how-they-use-vast-amount-data-they-collect-students-which-ones-facebook-google-blackboard-etc\/\">sale of student data to third parties<\/a>\u00a0often for purposes of advertising to them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">According to the complaint, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Google?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Google<\/a> &#8220;is using its services to create face templates and &#8216;voiceprints&#8217; of children [&#8230;] through a program in which the search giant provides school districts [&#8230;] free access to G Suite for Education apps&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/privacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#privacy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/edtech?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#edtech<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/grw1oquoiY\">https:\/\/t.co\/grw1oquoiY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The eQuality Project (@eQuality_ca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eQuality_ca\/status\/1247661248860299273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We also find that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.3501191\">schools are not always aware of or attuned to the range of online privacy and security implications<\/a>. This is perhaps compounded by the fact that privacy notices and terms of service agreements are rife with vagueness, legalese and double-speak.<\/p>\n<p>The large amounts of personal and transactional information some companies collect can also open students up to privacy invasions by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/barbarakurshan\/2017\/06\/22\/the-elephant-in-the-room-with-edtech-data-privacy\/#4140b8c157a5\">future employers<\/a>. Such collection vastly increases the potential for educational surveillance of students through students\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/childdatacitizen.com\/datafied-children-research\/\">datafication<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Continuity in education<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Schools have been exploring and using technological solutions to ensure continuity in students\u2019 educational experiences. These solutions include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprogress.com\/news\/b-c-schools-zoom-to-online-education-amid-covid-19\/\">taking classes online<\/a>\u00a0and engaging with (or deepening engagement with)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6782511\/ontario-online-learning-covid19-coronavirus\/\">online learning tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They also include expanding the use of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/insights\/protecting-students-in-virtual-classrooms-considerations-for-educators\/\">videoconferencing technologies<\/a>\u00a0for virtual meetings involving teachers, administrators, students and parents.<\/p>\n<p>Given the substantial time and money being invested, it is likely that today\u2019s choices will affect privacy and equality in education long after this pandemic ends. Making choices now that respect students\u2019 privacy is an investment in their futures and the future of our educational systems.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>K-12 schools rapidly moving online<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.distancelearningportal.com\/search\/#q=ci-56%7Clv-short%7Cmh-blended,online\">Universities<\/a>\u00a0have had existing online education platforms integrated into the institution\u2019s existing information and communication infrastructure, with established privacy and security protections for student and faculty data.<\/p>\n<p>But in K-12 systems in Canada, when schools closed due to COVID-19\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/k12sotn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/StateNation19.pdf\">there was significant variation between regions<\/a>\u00a0with respect to how systems use distance learning or edtech.<\/p>\n<p>This means school boards and educators have faced choices about how to rapidly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/zoom-bc-students-app-teachers-classroom-1.5517615\">move into online platforms and services<\/a>\u00a0that are quick to implement, can accommodate lots of students and are user-friendly. In some cases, decisions are being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/am-i-on-mute-how-classroom-video-conferences-are-succeeding-and-failing-in-ontario\/\">made in a piecemeal way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Platforms can be used for education even if they aren\u2019t designed for it. But they don\u2019t necessarily have adequate privacy and security protections, particularly if educators use free as opposed to paid versions.<\/p>\n<p>Educators should carefully consider the surveillance and privacy risks associated with use of these platforms, and should understand the privacy policies and terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Zoom, Skype<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Zoom and Skype are two of the most familiar and user-friendly videoconferencing platforms for communicating with a number of people at once \u2014 and are versatile enough to accommodate educational instruction and discussion.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not surprising that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-teachers-hosting-virtual-lessons-as-covid-19-keeps-students-out-of-class-1.5508428\">some educators<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6762447\/zoom-classrooms-coronavirus\/\">are using<\/a>\u00a0these familiar platforms. But they should be aware that the platforms collect a great deal of personal information about students. This leads to potential long-term risks to student privacy and autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the March 18, 2020, version of Zoom\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/docs\/en-us\/childrens-privacy.html\">K-12 Privacy and Security policy stated that data collected from K-12 students includes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a user\u2019s name and other similar identifiers;<\/li>\n<li>a student\u2019s school;<\/li>\n<li>the student\u2019s device, network and internet connection; and<\/li>\n<li>the student\u2019s use of the Zoom platform, including actions taken, date and time, frequency, duration, quantity, quality, network connectivity, and performance information related to logins, clicks, messages, contacts, content viewed and shared, calls, use of video and screen sharing, meetings and cloud recording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consent for Zoom\u2019s information collection is given by the \u201cSchool Subscriber\u201d \u2014 typically the students\u2019 school, school district or teacher \u2014 on behalf of parents and students.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Children\u2019s rights to consent<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This fails to recognize the rights that students have under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/professionalinterest\/pages\/crc.aspx\">UN Convention for the Rights of the Child<\/a>, most particularly their right to participate in decisions affecting them. It also leaves open the possibility that educators, in their own well-intentioned efforts to bring quality, interactive lessons to their students are \u201cconsenting\u201d beyond what they\u2019re authorized to do.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/education.skype.com\/\">Skype in the Classroom<\/a>\u00a0website advertises that one can sign up for free \u2014 and the only discernible privacy- or security-related\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/privacy.microsoft.com\/en-us\/privacystatement\">link is to Microsoft\u2019s general privacy policy (updated February 2020)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not the job of individual educators to dig through legal terms and decide what kinds of protections students will or will not have with respect to their data.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51959\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51959\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51959\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edtech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edtech.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edtech-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers need clear direction and guidance from policymakers in deciding how to use edtech. Kelly Dighero, a Grade 3 teacher at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School, holds an online meeting with students and parents, on April 13, 2020, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Instead, ministries, departments of education and school districts need to offer clear guidance to help educators navigate decisions about educational technology. In some instances,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbe.ab.ca\/programs\/technology-for-learning\/Pages\/default.aspx\">school districts may have or adopt a list of approved products or platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ministries, departments of education and school districts should also begin to think carefully about how edtech allows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2019-03-05-edtech-s-blurred-lines-between-security-surveillance-and-privacy\">new forms of student surveillance<\/a>\u00a0by the school itself. This can happen by allowing for, among other things,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachers.ab.ca\/News%20Room\/ata%20news\/Volume-51-2016-17\/Number-10\/Pages\/Digital-surveillance-detrimental-to-learning,-expert-says.aspx\">monitoring the websites students access, the words they type and their online conversations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The \u2018coronopticon\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To start, they can look to third parties \u2014 such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediasmarts.ca\/\">Media Smarts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/education\/\">Common Sense Media<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosn.org\/\">Consortium for School Networking<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studentprivacypledge.org\/\">Future of Privacy Forum<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 that have updated information on privacy and data protection practices of edtech products and services.<\/p>\n<p>Policymakers should be supporting teachers, administrators and school boards to insist that ed tech companies default in favour of privacy-respecting practices.<\/p>\n<p>We stand on the precipice of magnifying existing problems exponentially unless those responsible for education pause. We are already dangerously close to what\u00a0<em>The Economist<\/em>\u00a0has dubbed \u201cthe coronopticon\u201d \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/briefing\/2020\/03\/26\/countries-are-using-apps-and-data-networks-to-keep-tabs-on-the-pandemic\">a brave new age of surveillance and data control catalyzed by hasty tech decisions under COVID-19<\/a>. Decisions about technology in the classroom need not move us even closer.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Jane Bailey is Professor of Law and Co-Leader of The eQuality Project at L\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa\/University of Ottawa, Jacquelyn Burkell is Associate Vice-President, Research at Western University, Priscilla Regan is Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University and Valerie Steeves is Full Professor, Department of Criminology at L\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa\/University of Ottawa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools\u00a0globally\u00a0have scrambled to adopt or\u00a0expand use of technology\u00a0to minimize learning disruptions related to COVID-19. Educational technology has long posed serious\u00a0privacy\u00a0and\u00a0equality problems, and these problems are now reaching a boiling point. Hasty choices now could have long-term impacts. We are part of a seven-year research initiative,\u00a0The eQuality Project, which examines young people\u2019s experiences with privacy and [&hellip;]\n&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/childrens-privacy-is-at-risk-with-rapid-shifts-to-online-schooling-under-coronavirus\/\" class=\"more\">learn more&rarr;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":51958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[1175],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-51957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-change","tag-privacy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Children\u2019s privacy is at risk with rapid shifts to online schooling under coronavirus - World leading higher education information and services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/childrens-privacy-is-at-risk-with-rapid-shifts-to-online-schooling-under-coronavirus\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Children\u2019s privacy is at risk with rapid shifts to online schooling under coronavirus - World leading higher education information and services\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Schools\u00a0globally\u00a0have scrambled to adopt or\u00a0expand use of technology\u00a0to minimize learning disruptions related to COVID-19. 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