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"As of April 25, 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum has retired the Student Privacy Pledge previously hosted at studentprivacypledge.org. After ten years, FPF retired this program in response to the changing technological and policy landscape regarding education technology (edtech). We are maintaining a public list of Pledge signatories through July 31, 2025. Read on to learn more about the history of this initiative and what this means for both Pledge signatories and schools."

"The Future of Privacy Forum and the Software and Information Industry Association created the Student Privacy Pledge in 2014 as a voluntary, public, and legally enforceable statement by edtech companies to safeguard student privacy, built around a dozen privacy commitments regarding the collection, maintenance, use, and sharing of student personal information. Since it was introduced in 2014, nearly 500 edtech companies have signed the Pledge."

"The Pledge was not intended as a replacement for pragmatic updates to existing student privacy laws and regulations. The Pledge was a set of commitments intended to build transparency and trust by obligating signatories to make baseline commitments about student privacy that could be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general."

"In the decade since the Pledge was established, more than 40 states have passed student privacy laws that apply to edtech providers. These measures codify many Pledge principles and apply to companies whether or not they signed the Pledge. Many of the new laws extend beyond the minimum requirements of the Pledge. Many of these laws require the district to enter into a contract or data protection agreement before sharing education records with a service provider. It has become clear that edtech companies and educators are increasingly focused on several privacy-adjacent issues, including data breach mitigation, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. Recently, we have seen several trust building frameworks tackle key aspects of Pledge commitments in more detail, including efforts focused on cybersecurity and data protection that are detailed below."

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