PRIVACY

Privacy

Privacy

Introduction

Privacy is referred to a concept that maintains the secrecy of individuals. It involves exposing only the information that individuals want to let people know selectively with their own consent. Privacy is very important for individuals of every category. Likewise, privacy is also very important for students. The personal information of the students should be kept secret and the privacy of the information should be maintained. It is very obvious that the present era is related to technological advancements and computers, so it is very important to maintain the privacy of computer networks in education. The importance of education through the internet has been identified by the teachers. Teachers promote students to use emails for communicating with teachers and submit their assignments through emails. It has become very important for protecti9be the data and information of students so that the data of student and their assignments are not wrongly used through the internet. There are specific laws that are implemented for maintain the secrecy and privacy of students. A brief discussion about the selected legislation for the privacy of student's information is discussed as follows.

Privacy in Educational Environment

Privacy policy

Schools are required to disclose to the families and children any adequate information, through which data is collected and used. Schools often use sensitive data in their daily work such as aspects relating to ethnic origin, religious beliefs, health status. This is also used to provide simple services, such as canteen. It is important to remember that in dealing with these categories of information schools extreme care is required, in accordance with Regulation sensitive data adopted by the Ministry of Education. Families and students have a right to know what information is processed by the schools, what needs to be corrected and what aspects need to be changed (Dalziel, 2009).

Issues in the classroom

It is important to make sure that the teacher is well aware to maintain the privacy of all the children in the classroom. Tasks should be given to the children in a manner that they do not infringe the privacy of the teacher who assigned their students the development of themes in class regarding their personal world. It is the sensitivity of the teacher to find the balance between educational needs and protection of privacy when the papers are read in class, especially when it comes to sensitive topics (Frost, 2006).

Phones and tablets

The use of mobile phones and smart phones is typically allowed for strictly personal purposes, for example to record lectures, and always with respect for people. It is incumbent upon the schools in their autonomy to decide how to regulate or ban the use of cell phones. It is not allowed to spread images, videos or photos on the web except with the consent of the person filming. It is important to remember that the distribution of movies and photos affecting the privacy and dignity of the student may incur disciplinary sanctions and fines, or even in real ...