On 17 January 2014 16:22, <step...@melbpc.org.au> wrote: > Janet writes, > > > <http://hackeducation.com/2013/02/10/inbloom-student-data-privacy- > security-transparency/> >
> So, as this link notes, the reasonably widely respected "do-good" Gates > Foundation is now also involved in the creation/promotion of opensource > education-data software infrastructures. <https://www.inbloom.org> > The only charity I know which collects (health) patents .. with minimised tax. I know I am a sceptic. =) > > But, from personal experience, any such software for education could well > be very useful. So time will tell if this is simply a grab for the entire > education/school big data records of a generation of young people, or one > useful, private & secure education record-keeping software infrastructure. > Education of students and their personal data reduced to statistics for easy administration sounds to me like a profit at the wrong end of the telescope and a loss at the end of the student/family. > > Thus, I would suggest Aussie schools etc NOT jump on board quite just yet, > as this link writer also 'suggests' regarding our children's edu-big-data. > > Haimson also cites concerns about privacy and security in the cloud, as > schools move their data storage and servers from a local to a virtualized > environment, pointing to inBloom’s privacy and security policies that state > that the company “cannot guarantee the security of the information stored > in inBloom or that the information will not be intercepted when it is being > transmitted.” “I wonder if NY state and the other states involved realize > that they may be vulnerable for multi-million dollar class action lawsuits > if and when this highly sensitive data leaks out,” Haimson wrote in a > recent blog post, “especially since Gates and inBloom appear to have > disclaimed all responsibility for its safety.” .. > It is interesting where the liabilities fall. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
