After Arendalsuka was cancelled, we lost the largest meeting place of the year for politics, organisation and business. DN therefore creates an alternative arena 11-13 on August the first, for debate and important talks. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority participates in a separate session on student privacy.
Debate over student privacy
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Children’s privacy and the school sector on the agenda
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority is attending the event with a special session where we want to highlight the challenges of student privacy in schools.
What: “Student privacy in schools – who takes responsibility?”
When: Thursday, 10 August at 10:0 12.30
Participants:
State Secretary Paul Chaffey at the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
Director Bjørn Erik Thon at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority
Area Director Kristin Weidemann Wieland at KS
Headteacher Magne Johansen at Hagebyen school in Harstad
Moderator: Torgeir Waterhouse
Background to the debate
The digitization in schools is gaining momentum. The responsibility for information security and privacy in the sector has been added to the state, municipality, county municipality and the schools themselves. Digital tools and solutions are purchased and used without national recommendations and guidelines. The principals shall be educational leaders, but at the same time will be responsible for all ICT use, including the tools and apps the staff at their schools use at all times.
Unfortunately, it all too often goes wrong. And it goes wrong at every stage – from individual teachers’ use of tools to major system failures. This applies to all types of information – including assessments and sensitive information. The information comes astray, there is a lack of oversight of what is happening to them, and in some cases even secret addresses have been exposed and lives put at risk.
Who is really responsible for what is regarded to student privacy today? And who’s going to ensure that responsibility is followed up? The obscurity that rages today, as well as the feeling that headteachers around the world often sit alone in this, ultimately go beyond the privacy of students. Should the municipality’s right of self-governance step aside for state regulation and governance? Time is overripe for a common national strategy, but who takes charge? We want to delve into this debate.