Publication:The data-driven comprehensive school – balancing the protection of children’s personal data with educational objectives

Data is collected almost everywhere, and schools have also become data factories.Data literacy, personal data protection and digital security skills are becoming increasingly important and a prerequisite for participation in society. The concept of datafication describes the transformation of aspects of an individual’s life into digital data that can be used for descriptive, predictive or decision-making purposes. From the perspective of realising children’s rights, datafication creates tensions between children’s rights – their personal data must be protected, but children must also be able to participate equally in a digitally-enhanced society.

Silvennoinen, E., Tedre, M., & Valtonen, T. (2024). A data-driven primary school – balancing the protection of children’s personal data with educational objectives. Lawyer, 122(5), 655-678. Retrieved from https://journal.fi/lakimies/article/view/143755