eBackpack Bankruptcy May Put Student & Teacher Data in Peril
Teachers put their assignments into an on-line data base.
Students access them on their computers, iPads or other devices and then submit their work via the Internet.
What could go wrong?
Plenty. Especially when the company that provides this service goes bankrupt.
And that’s exactly what’s happened with Texas-based educational technology company eBackpack.
All those teacher assignments and student works are still there in computer servers somewhere. And now that eBackpack has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy, all of it has become assets the company could decide to sell off to pay its debts.
The company explicitly reserves the right to do so according to CONTINUE READING: eBackpack Bankruptcy May Put Student & Teacher Data in Peril | gadflyonthewallblog