EdTech organizations recognize privacy as important but consistently defer it across the product lifecycle¶
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q2 i? Across all 12 interviews, privacy was recognized but postponed until after pilots, growth, or core functionality. → Meghna Manoj Nair 2026
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Meghna Manoj Nair 2026¶
Meghna Manoj Nair, Rachel Greenstadt. (2026). "We'll Fix It Later": Education, AI, and the Deferral of Student Privacy in EdTech. New York University. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28137 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.28137
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Qualitative grounded-theory analysis of 12 semi-structured interviews with EdTech professionals in the US and India. The article reports the deferral pattern as an explanatory finding of the purposive sample, quoting P10: "Security was going to become a second base layer."
"Across all 12 interviews, privacy was recognized but consistently deferred. Participants rarely described privacy as unimportant; instead, it was something organizations intended to address after pilots, growth, or core functionality."
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EdTech organizations recognize privacy as important but consistently defer it across the product lifecycle |
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EdTech organizations recognize privacy as important but consistently defer it across the product lifecycle |
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