Data protection emergency threatens schools

“Dr. Stefan Brink's initiative is clearly to be welcomed. It draws the consequences required by the EU from the GDPR and the Schrems II ruling and undoubtedly creates clarity for all parties involved. Since the start of the pandemic over two years ago, tools and solutions such as MS 365 have largely been used in circumvention of applicable data protection regulations. The fact that the ministries of education have not managed to “find a solution [...] that does justice to the interests of pupils, parents, teachers and schools” for over two years is one of the worst jokes in official IT use. It also annoys me as a father of school-age children.” Elmar Eperiesi-Beck CEO Founder eperi®.