Education and edtech
Schools, online learning platforms and education services.
In short
For an edtech platform, the children's data rules decide how sign-up, analytics and sharing with schools are built.
Education businesses often deal with children. The DPDP Act requires verifiable consent from a parent or guardian before a child's personal data is processed, and it prohibits tracking, behavioural monitoring and targeted advertising directed at children.
For most edtech platforms, this shapes the product itself: how accounts are created, how a parent's identity is confirmed, which analytics run in the background, and what data is shared with schools.
Course content is the other main asset. Material created by teachers, freelancers and partner institutions needs clear licences or assignments, and subscription terms need to explain refunds and cancellations in a way that meets consumer protection requirements.
What usually comes up
- Verifiable parental consent for children's data under the DPDP Act
- Licensing of course content
- Subscription and refund terms
Under the DPDP Act
The Rules exempt educational institutions from the parental-consent and tracking rules, but only as far as needed for educational activities or a child's safety.
What our work involves
- Designing verifiable parental consent flows
- Licensing of course content and teaching material
- Subscription, refund and cancellation terms
- Agreements with schools, content creators and technology vendors