Rights & Ethics

student data

Personal, evaluative or behavioral information from education platforms.

How the laws define this

Educational standards consistently treat student data as encompassing personal or identifying information alongside assessment records collected during learning activities. Each instrument agrees that core personal details and evaluative results fall squarely under this concept. The primary divergence lies in how broadly each instrument incorporates technical telemetry and inferred software data. S.B. 267 Software in Education Amendments adopts the broadest scope, explicitly including metadata, device identifiers, clickstream data, behavioral metrics, and any information software generates or infers. Project 7659/2023 covers personal, evaluative, or behavioral information and interaction logs from education platforms. Meanwhile, the Yapay Zeka ve Eğitim teacher guide focuses on personally identifiable information, assessment records, and student work products collected, stored, or processed in educational contexts.

Synthesised from the 3 statutory definitions below. Each one is quoted in full, with its source.

Definitions (3)

Defined as any personal, evaluative or behavioral information collected through education platforms, including assessment results, interaction logs and identifying data; the bill requires data minimization, anonymization for reporting, parental consent where appropriate, and protections under applicable data- and child-protection laws.

Any personally identifiable information, assessment records, or student work products collected, stored, or processed in educational contexts. The guide treats student data as sensitive, recommends anonymization, KVKK‑consistent handling, consent procedures, and risk assessments before AI use.

Includes a student's personal data (as defined in Section 13-61-101), metadata, device identifiers, clickstream data, behavioral, engagement, or usage data, and any information a software collects, generates, or infers in the course of student use.