EdTech organizations delegate privacy responsibility to cloud providers, policy documents, and downstream institutions, diffusing accountability¶
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q2 i? Organizations routinely shifted privacy responsibility to cloud providers, policy documents, compliance functions, or downstream institutions such as schools. → 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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Interview findings in the Results section. Participants described relying on cloud defaults (AWS, Azure) and vendors bypassing district procurement to schools, so that handoffs diffuse ownership until privacy becomes no one person's job in practice.
"Organizations routinely shifted responsibility to cloud providers, policy documents, compliance functions, or downstream institutions. P4 explained, “We relied heavily on AWS services for data storage,”"
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EdTech organizations delegate privacy responsibility to cloud providers, policy documents, and downstream institutions, diffusing accountability |
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EdTech organizations delegate privacy responsibility to cloud providers, policy documents, and downstream institutions, diffusing accountability |
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