FTC Orders Ed Tech Firm to Secure Data After Student Data Breach

Education technology provider Illuminate Education Inc. will implement a data security program to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it failed to protect the privacy and data of more than 10 million students.

The proposed order requires the company to delete unnecessary personal information and follow a public data retention schedule. Illuminate must also implement a comprehensive information security program to protect collected personal data. The order stipulates that Illuminate must inform the FTC if it notifies other government entities about data breaches involving consumers’ personal information.

Illuminate didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The company neither admitted nor ...