GDPR in education

Institutions must comply with European privacy legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), when using personal data, in order to guarantee the privacy of students and their data. This does have consequences for educational innovation with IT, for example online education and the use of study data.

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Privacy awareness

In collaboration with experts in education, material has been developed that you can use yourself within your institution to explain the GDPR in a practical way, in the context of education.

Online module: Privacy in education

What does the GDPR mean for your work as a teacher? In this online module you will learn what the GDPR means, which aspects of the GDPR are important for you as an instructor and which steps you can take to comply with the GDPR. You can go through the online module independently.

Online module: Privacy for education supporters

What does the GDPR mean for your work as an educational supporter? In this online module you will learn what the GDPR means, which aspects of the GDPR are important for you as an educational supporter and what steps you can take to comply with the GDPR. You can go through the online module independently.

Campagne 'privacy aware'

Cybersave Yourself - CEO-fraude

Do you want employees, teachers and students within your organization to become 'privacy aware'? SURF offers 'blended' teaching materials (in Dutch), with which you can help them to work DGPR-compliant.

Check Cybersave Yourself toolkit