How GAT Labs for Education Can Assist you to Stay COPPA & FERPA Compliant

Ensure strong student data protection in your Google Workspace for Education. Using GAT Labs’ robust all-in-one toolset, your school will consistently comply with key data privacy regulations.

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What is COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act of 1998)

COPPA is US legislation that protects the data of children under the age of 13 on online websites and services. The Act ensures children’s online safety and personal information protection and integrity.

This regulation requires to implement the following in your school:

Have a clear and comprehensive privacy policy
Provide students’ parents with control
Obtain verifiable parental consent to collect children’s data
Notify parents of any information about their children collected online

What is FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)

This federal law specifies access to personally identifiable information in educational settings. Compliance with this Act ensures that student education records are kept private and stored securely.

This regulation requires you to implement the following in your school:

Protect the privacy of student records
Make them available, on request, to parents, eligible students (over the age of 18), or a third party if an eligible student or parent has given written consent.
Correct student records if parents or eligible students believe that they are inaccurate or misleading

This federal law defines access to personal information in educational settings. Compliance with this law ensures that students’ educational records are private and stored securely.

Commitment to Secure
Data Management

They continuously maintain secure systems and controls, prioritizing data integrity and security for user identity management. Software developers are firmly committed to creating a secure data environment for all customers and protecting their personal information.

Children’s Data Online
Protection

They ensure robust solutions to restrict access to sensitive data stored in the school domain to authorized users only. Compliant stakeholders safeguard student data integrity, keeping personal information accurate and storing it in the school system for educational purposes. They require parental consent to collect personal data from children under 13.

Children’s Wellbeing Reinforcement

They protect children from the harmful behavior of bad individuals and inappropriate content. Their software monitors student online activity for suspicious activity to prevent data breaches and other cybersecurity risks.

Providers of student data management software complying with COPPA and FERPA ensure their high standard of privacy:

Why COPPA & FERPA Compliance Matters for Schools?

Ensure COPPA & FERPA Compliance in Google Workspace
with the GAT Suite for Education

Provide your school with a first-class solution to constantly ensure strong student data protection. Our globally trusted COPPA & FERPA compliant solutions will keep your students’ personal information safe and secure.

GAT Labs offers a comprehensive toolset to protect student privacy in Google Workspace for Education environment all the time.

Manage and audit user data security with GAT+

This powerful management and security solution offers:

– Full auditing and bulk management capabilities across Drive, email, apps, classrooms, calendars, groups, contacts, and devices.
– Detailed insights into user activity and data security, enhancing productivity and safety.
– Quick incident response features such as content-based search, alerts, and actions.
– Permission management with features like real-time alerts, automated reports, and compliance support.

Automate bulk admin tasks with GAT Flow

This innovative automation solution provides:

– Straightforward automation across the school domain, enabling hassle-free workflows for onboarding, offboarding, and bulk modifications.
– Support for audit and routine tasks through extensive Security Officer and Delegated Auditor functions.
– Secure and smart user offboarding, which includes managing, deleting, or transferring essential data to different users so no data is lost.

Secure student online data with GAT Shield

This advanced security solution for Chrome browsers and Chromebooks covers:

– Detailed insights into cloud activities such as site visits, downloads, and extensions for more secure browsing and data protection.
– Real-time data loss prevention with unique, continuous, in-browser 3-factor authentication for Chrome users.
– Student mental health protection with live online content monitoring and detection of sensitive material and cyberbullying.

GAT Labs’s Compliance for Enhanced School Security

In 2024, GAT Labs achieved COPPA, FERPA, and SOC 2 (Type II) compliance. These certifications confirm our commitment to protecting sensitive educational data and ensure school district IT leaders and admins can trust us with their most sensitive information.

These certifications reinforce our commitment to protecting student data and providing school districts with secure, compliant solutions. We understand the challenges faced by IT leaders in education, and we are dedicated to making technology safe and accessible for schools everywhere.
Robert Baker, CEO of GAT Labs

By earning the iKeepSafe COPPA and FERPA certifications, GAT Labs has shown a strong commitment to student data privacy. Educational institutions can trust GAT Labs to uphold our rigorous standards and ensure the protection of their data.
Holly Hawkins, iKeepSafe President

Keep your Student Data Safe and Secure with GAT Labs

Compliance with COPPA and FERPA, two primary federal laws on data privacy protection, is a must in the 21st-century digital world of education. School leaders and admins should consider only top audit compliance and security solutions to efficiently manage their domain.

GAT Labs stands among the best quality Google Workspace for Education management tools. Its extensive and code-free suite of tools makes it the best choice for educational institutions that consider student privacy and sensitive data protection their priorities.

Trust the comprehensive, globally recognized solution to safeguard student information in the cloud. Experience now how ease it is to implement the highest data security standards in your school.