FERPA Compliance for Education Software | Clickmasters

Role-based access mirroring legitimate educational interest, data minimization, deletion/return on contract end, and audit trails of record access.

COPPA for under-13 users and state student-privacy laws stack on top — edtech compliance is a mesh, and counsel alignment early is cheaper than retrofits.

Skipping the discipline this article describes until an incident, audit, or stalled project forces it — every practice above is cheaper adopted early than retrofitted under pressure.