Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has directed institutions to verify and upload their students data on the Student Loan Application System, SLAS.

Children could win the right to erase their digital footprints on their 18th birthday, under ­government proposals for the first child-specific controls over personal data. A Children’s Online ...

Certainly, we know that data breaches in education are a pressing issue, and over time, we’ve started to better understand what districts need to help shore up their security efforts. But what about ...

The report “underscores the urgent need for stronger leadership, training, and resources to protect student data in an increasingly digital world,” said CoSN CEO Keith Krueger in a statement.

Final takeaways Cybersecurity in education isn’t just about protecting data, it’s about protecting the students and families, as well as the services they rely on every day. Through proactive ...

A northwest Wisconsin school district filed a federal lawsuit against PowerSchool for a data breach. Three Green Bay area schools were affected.

A federal judge temporarily barred Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive student data on Monday, after the American Federation of Teachers sued over privacy concerns ...

A federal district judge has refused to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the U.S. DOGE Service from accessing student data at the Education Department.

The Trump administration agreed Tuesday to temporarily bar agents of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing sensitive student data at the Education Department. The agreement ...

Students sue Education Department, allege DOGE is accessing private data An Education Department official familiar with the matter confirmed to USA TODAY that Musk's team has gained access to vast ...

The compromised data includes students’ names, addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers. More recent data from 2017, also taken in the breach, included contact information for parents and ...

PowerSchool Holdings, a data giant with clients serving over 60 million students globally, said on Jan. 13 that personally identifiable student information was involved, including Social Security ...