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Messer, Polis To Speak at CDT Event on Student Privacy Issues

Reps. Luke Messer, R-Ind., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., will speak at a Center for Democracy & Technology hosted event on Tuesday on privacy issues for data collected by education technologies, CDT said in a news release Thursday. “Technology in education…

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has the potential to revolutionize learning,” the release said, but the “adoption of new technology requires consumer trust,” it said. More than 170 state student privacy bills have been introduced in 2015, the White House announced its student privacy legislative proposal in January, and now Congress is considering multiple student privacy bills, it said. Following Messer and Polis’ speeches, CDT President Nuala O’Connor will moderate a panel on student privacy; panelists are White House Policy Adviser for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer Dipayan Ghosh, Data Quality Campaign CEO Aimee Guidera, Public Policy Lead for Google's strategy and programs on youth and technology Sarah Holland, Director of Education Policy and Programs at Microsoft Allyson Knox, and Vice President-Policy at Common Sense Media Joni Lupovitz.