New polling shows students need clarity on how universities use their data

The Higher Education Policy Institute has published new research about students’ views on data security, Students or data subjects? What students think about university data security. The survey of over 1,000 full-time undergraduate students, undertaken for HEPI and Tribal, who have sponsored the report, by the polling company YouthSight, shows:

• Only 32% of students agree they are aware of how their institution handles their personal data, compared to 45% who disagree and 22% who neither agree nor disagree. More...