Over the past few months, more and more people are talking about student privacy issues linked to the new technologies deployed in schools. There is a vibrant debate in progress around student privacy, and as a leading technology provider, it’s our welcome responsibility to participate. Before...

(This is a cross-post from the Microsoft On The Issues blog .) How would you react if you learned that an outside agency came to your child’s school and, without your knowledge or consent, collected confidential data about your child and then used the data they gathered to make money for themselves...

This is increasingly becoming a very important question school officials should ask. Given that many schools are seeking to save money in their infrastructure by moving to online technology services, administrators and their cloud vendors need to understand their legal obligations to protect the privacy...