Concentrated Student Data Is Systemic Risk

When a single vendor holds standardized‑testing records for millions of students, a single compromised credential or lapse in monitoring can expose decades of personal data and create lifelong identity‑theft risk. This argues for policy changes: stronger access controls, shorter data retention, contractual security requirements, and decentralized or federated storage for student records. — California’s breach shows that how governments procure and centralize student data is a public‑policy problem with privacy, security, and equity consequences that outlast any single administration.