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GDPR and education: an approach for e-learning in Greek schools

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GDPR and education: an approach for e-learning in Greek schools (EL)
GDPR and education: an approach for e-learning in Greek schools (EN)
Daoultzoglou, Aikaterini
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2023-07-07
The General Data Protection Regulation, from now on GDPR, was put into action in May 2018. It sets important guidelines that must be adhered to by any entity collecting personal information about individuals residing in the European Union. Amongst the entities that have to comply with the new Regulation are schools. This paper focuses on primary and secondary education‧ it covers a range of controversial issues and aims to provide an overview of a schools’ obligations and responsibilities vis a vis GDPR. It determines major definitions in terms of school reality, enlightens basic blur points, and stipulates what schools as Data Controllers must do. Moreover, the special case of distance learning amidst the Covid-19 pandemic is thoroughly analyzed. Due to rush transition to e-learning platforms plenty GDPR issues occurred and they are presented in this paper. Finally, a couple of possible, mainly technical, solutions are proposed to the difficulties that might emerge in the effort to build a strong GDPR school environment. The importance of GDPR compliance is apparent and indicated in every chapter. (EL)
The GDPR was put into action in May 2018. It outlines key principles that must be followed for any entity that is collecting personal data related to peopleresidingin the EU (Duncan & Joyner, 2021). Amongst the entities thathave to comply with the new Regulation are schools. This paper focuses on primary and secondary education‧ it covers a range of controversial issues and aims to provide an overview of a schools’ obligations and responsibilities vis a vis GDPR. It determines major definitions in terms of school reality, enlightens basic blur points, and stipulates what schools as Data Controllers must do. Moreover, the special case of distance learning amidst the Covid-19 pandemic is thoroughly analyzed. Due to rush transition to e-learning platforms plenty GDPR issues occurred and they are presented in this paper. Finally, a couple of possible, mainly technical, solutions are proposed to the difficulties that might emerge in the effort to build a strong GDPR school environment. The importance of GDPR compliance isapparent and indicated in every chapter. (EN)
e-learning (EL)
schools (EL)
distance education (EL)
Sars-CoV2 (EL)
GDPR (EL)
personal data (EL)
Ανοικτή Εκπαίδευση: το περιοδικό για την Ανοικτή και εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση και την Εκπαιδευτική Τεχνολογία
English
Hellenic Network of Open and Distance Education (EL)
1791-9312
Ανοικτή Εκπαίδευση: το περιοδικό για την Ανοικτή και εξ Αποστάσεως Εκπαίδευση και την Εκπαιδευτική Τεχνολογία; Τόμ. 19 Αρ. 1 (2023): Open Education - The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology ; 191-209 (EL)
Open Education: The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2023): Open Education - The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology ; 191-209 (EN)
Copyright (c) 2023 Aikaterini Daoultzoglou (EN)
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Greek Network of Open and Distance Education (EDAE)
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