> This raises important and difficult questions about how edtech vendors can handle risk management. The most likely denouement is that vendors will press schools to get even more consents from parents in a blizzard of back-to-school paperwork, a resolution with its own disadvantages. IXL will also need to monitor/audit its school customers to ensure the consents are obtained, another drain on its resources.
I understand the broader concern but the conclusion above is oblivious to another workaround: Just have your revenue model not depend on stuff that requires parents' consent, such as in the intro (“collected and monetized the data of millions of school-age children who used the IXL platform without parental consent,” in violation of the ECPA and state law.)
dsubburam 3 days ago |
> This raises important and difficult questions about how edtech vendors can handle risk management. The most likely denouement is that vendors will press schools to get even more consents from parents in a blizzard of back-to-school paperwork, a resolution with its own disadvantages. IXL will also need to monitor/audit its school customers to ensure the consents are obtained, another drain on its resources.
I understand the broader concern but the conclusion above is oblivious to another workaround: Just have your revenue model not depend on stuff that requires parents' consent, such as in the intro (“collected and monetized the data of millions of school-age children who used the IXL platform without parental consent,” in violation of the ECPA and state law.)