Student Personal Information

Student Information in the "Cloud"
When something online is free, the user isn’t the customer—the user is the product.”
                                     --often used paraphrase of quote from “Television Delivers People” (1973)
 

 

Kentucky state law requires districts to have procedures in place to ensure the privacy and security of student Personally Identifiable Information (PII) stored in Internet-enabled services (the “cloud”) and to ensure that those cloud-based services themselves have their own privacy and security policies and that they do not sell student information for use by others. With that in mind, when loading information into a cloud-based service, ask yourself the following: 
1) Is it necessary? Is there a benefit to having the information in the cloud?
2) If the answer is yes, please refer to the lists below for how PII should be handled for commonly-used websites. (Please note that the list is not a district endorsement of any of these sites).
3) If a website you plan to load PII into is NOT on this list, stop! Contact the district technology department for help.
 
Cloud-services Whose Sites Meet All Legal Requirements (These sites are OK for you to upload PII intoif needed)

 
  • AIMSweb
  • Artsonia
  • Blackboard.com
  • CareerCruising.com (ILP)
  • CIITS
  • Class DoJo
  • Common Sense Media
  • Compass Learning
  • COR Preschool Assessment
  • Coursesites by Blackboard
  • EasyCBM.com
  • Edmentum/Plato
  • Edmodo
  • ELLevation
  • Everfi.com
  • EverydayMath.com
  • FitnessGram
  • Follett Destiny
  • GoNoodle
  • Google Apps for Education (district-provided only)
  • Gradecam
  • Infinite Campus
  • Infohandler
  • IXL
  • KEDS Preschool Data
  • KYOTE.org
  • Lunchbox (Heartland Apps)
  • Moby Max
  • MYON
  • NWEA (MAP tesing)
  • Office 365
  • Q-global
  • Quizlet
  • Reflexmath.com
  • Remind.com
  • Renaissance Learning
  • Scientific Learning
  • Sense-Lang.org
  • Study Dog
  • Sumdog
  • TenMarks
  • TickettoRead.com
  • Typing.com
  • Varsitynewsnetwork.com
  • vSoft vRaptor
  • WIDA
  • Xtramath.com



 

Cloud-based services that have problems, but there is a workaround to use them
Site
Problem
Workaround
Footsteps2Brilliance
Privacy policy requires parental permission for students under age 13
One time written permission required for students under age 13. 
Kidblog.org
Privacy policy allows for the selling of user information.
OK to use site, but student usernames should NOT include the full last name of students.
Noredink.com
Privacy policy requires parental permission for students under age 18
One time written permission required for students under age 18. 
Planbook.com
Privacy policy allows for the selling of user information.
OK to use, but student last names should not be mentioned in lesson plans (last initial is okay).
Plickers.com
States permission must be used for students under age 13 if full names are given
OK to use ages 14 and above; for teachers with students 13 and under, OK to use, but do NOT include full last names when setting up classrooms.
Thrively.com
Terms of service require WRITTEN parental permission if used by students under age 18
One time written permission required for students under age 18. Sample permission form on the Thrively website under "Terms of Service."

Cloud-services That do NOT Meet Legal Requirements: There are no known sites that cannot be used with at least a work around.