Falling Down The Rabbit Hole Kafka Style With EngageNY
I did it. I emailed EngageNY asking to to opt out my son of any and all data collected and/or to distributed. I had first called (518-474-5922) the office ofCurriculum and Instruction at NYSED. I asked whom can I speak to in regard to my request. After several minutes of being put on hold I was told that EngageNY could only be contacted by email (EDP@mail.nysed.gov). OK, so I emailed;To whom it may concern:
My son is currently a student in the Harrison Central School District. I would like to have his data wipe and not shared at all. Also, I would like to know how I can go about seeing what data has been collected.
Thank you in advance.
Peter Zucker
Several hours later I received a reply;
Thank you for contacting the EngageNY Help Desk. Your ticket information is below. If you have any additional information to add to this ticket, please feel free to call the Help Desk at 1-855-252-6900
The Help Desk's normal business hours are are 9AM to 5PM Monday through Friday.
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Name: sobronxschool@gmail.com
Ticket Number: 265
Date Reported: 9/20/2013 4:04:32 PM
Problem Request: Mr. Zucker wanted to know how can he have his kid's data wiped out ofinBloom he also wanted to know which data has been collected.
Message to Caller:
Hello Mr. Zucker,
Thank you for contacting the EngageNY Portal Help Desk.
Only school districts can determine who has access to student data and for what purposes.