Man Uses Voice-Changing App to Impersonate Teacher and Lure Schoolgirls
Between January and May 2024, a man used a voice-changing app to impersonate a female teacher and contact girls from Scheduled Tribe communities by phone. Posing as a teacher responsible for educational scholarships, he instructed the girls to meet him in secluded locations to discuss scholarship matters. Police allege that he sexually assaulted at least […]
Learning app loan deductions continued after cancellation; consumer forum orders refund and compensation
A parent had loan deductions continue after cancellation linked to a learning app. A consumer forum ordered a refund and compensation.
Andorra – SafeSearch bypass exposes pupils to sexual content; nationwide iPad withdrawal
Several students at an Andorran primary school used school-provided digital devices to access sexual content shortly before the Sant Joan holiday. The incident was discovered by a teacher during school activities and reported to school leadership, which escalated the matter to the Ministry of Education. According to government spokesperson Guillem Casal, the access was linked […]
Ghana – Education Minister public warning on tablet porn access
Ghana’s Minister for Education publicly expressed serious concern that some high school students are using government-issued tablets to access pornographic content. This is an official government statement rather than a single documented incident, and represents formal acknowledgment at the ministerial level of a pattern the ministry considers significant enough to raise publicly. No details on […]
Government-issued tablets for primary school pupils were left in storage because schools struggled to use them
In 2013, the Kenyan government launched an ambitious initiative to provide digital devices to young primary school students as part of a national digital literacy effort. However, the program faced major implementation challenges, including inadequate infrastructure, limited access to electricity, insufficient teacher training, lack of technical support, and schools unprepared to integrate the devices into […]
Norway – pornographic content on school tablet (FVN)
A report describes pornographic content appearing on a school-issued tablet used by a child in Norway
Parents’ personal and student data collected through government education monitoring apps without transparency
A parent reported that during the COVID-19 period government education applications collected extensive information about students and parents including names phone numbers locations and school details. The applications later disappeared and it was unclear what happened to the data. This is a personal interview. Source available to SHIELD.
Students at a School in Andalusia, Spain Denied Access to Digital Platform and Devices Over Unpaid Fee
A school in Andalusia, Spain, restricted students’ access to individual tablets, laptops, and the ‘Educamos’ digital educational platform if their families did not pay an annual ICT fee. As a result, affected students were forced to share devices and rely on physical paper agendas, which lacked the exclusive communication and schoolwork content uploaded to the […]
Feide Portal System Error Exposes National Identity Numbers of School Users in a Norwegian Municipality
In 2020, Norway’s Data Protection Authority warned three municipalities after finding serious privacy compliance failures in their use of Google Chromebook and G Suite for Education in schools. The investigation found inadequate risk assessments, insufficient transparency toward students and parents, and shortcomings in how children’s personal data was protected. The authority emphasized that schools must […]
Parents required to provide identity and payment information through school application lacking privacy disclosures
A parent reported that a school application required identity numbers, phone numbers, and payment information without providing a clear privacy policy. This is a personal interview. Source available to SHIELD.