Students believe private companies neither have nor should have access to their educational data¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Across conditions, participants reported that private companies do not have, and should not have, access to their educational data. → Stoo Sepp 2025

Evidence¶

Stoo Sepp 2025¶

Stoo Sepp. (2025). Towards More Transparency in Learning Analytics: Sharing Information with University Students Increases their Awareness of Data Collection Practices. Journal of Learning Analytics, 12(3), 34–46. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2025.8713

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Descriptive result from the access-opinion measures (Table 3 and Figures 5–6): private companies received the lowest ratings of any party listed (e.g., 1.25–1.30 on the 1–4 scale for should-have-access), and the author highlights the contrast with vendor access that is "usually a given under the guise of "product improvement"".

"participants in both cases thought that private companies did not have, nor should have access to their educational data."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Detailed disclosure does not make students more conservative about who should have access to their educational data — related
• Students supported tiered data access: broad access for self-reflection, educator access for teaching, and restricted access to raw video and audio — related
• Data disclosure of any format does not change students' acceptance of data collection by their university — related