Trust Center Overview

In LinkIt’s role as data custodian within K-12 communities, school districts and other local education agencies (LEAs) entrust LinkIt with the personally identifiable information (PII) associated with students and their education records. At the LEA’s discretion, LinkIt may also receive protected information about parents, teachers, administrators, principals, and specialists (individuals who assist LEAs with individualized student action plans). 

The LinkIt team is committed to earning LEA trust every day and has launched this Trust Center as a resource for information about how we hold ourselves and our platform accountable to our K-12 community. Trust goes beyond compliance with legislation, security frameworks, and contract terms. There is a measure of empathy that comes from treating others (and their confidential information) as we would like ours treated. Mutual interest and respect are the basis for LinkIt’s shared responsibility model that informs our security and privacy practices. 

Our intention is to build and maintain the Trust Center as an easily navigated resource that contains relevant material about security and privacy developed by LinkIt, for example:
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1. Blogs and Lessons Learned
2. FAQs
3. Matrix of Security and Privacy Frameworks
4. Security & Privacy Contact Information
5. Relevant Terms and Definitions 
6. Shared Responsibility Model
7. Policy, Practice, and Reporting
8. Privacy Policy
9. Data Sharing Form
10. Incident Response Plan
11. Customer Trust Training Materials
12. Quarterly Report on LinkIt’s Secure by Design Pledge Progress
13. Trust Scenarios as Case Studies 

The Trust Center will also include links to resources developed by organizations that we trust, for example:

1. Center for Internet Technology (CIS)
2. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
3. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
4. Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) and Access for Learning Community (A4L)
5. Student Privacy Pledge 
6. Student Privacy Policy Office’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) 
7. The Education Collaborative (TEC)
8. The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF)

The LinkIt Team hopes that this Trust Center will become a useful resource that demonstrates its commitment to transparency, consistency, mutual respect, and continued improvement.