Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed settlement order requiring deletion of unnecessary student data and improved security on resolves allegations tied to a 2021 exposure and
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The FTC is proposing a settlement order against Illuminate Education that would require deleting unnecessary student data and strengthening security, resolving allegations tied to a 2021 incident that exposed information from 10 million students.
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02.12.2025 22:50 2 articles · 7mo ago
FTC proposes settlement over Illuminate Education student-data exposure
Legal Policy Action UpdateThe Federal Trade Commission proposes a settlement order against Illuminate Education that would require deleting unnecessary student data, following a public data-retention schedule, improving security through a data security program, and stopping misrepresentations about security practices, while resolving allegations tied to a 2021 intrusion in which former-employee credentials were used to access cloud-hosted databases and exfiltrate personal data for approximately 10.1 million students.
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- FTC settlement requires Illuminate to delete unnecessary student data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 02.12.2025 22:50
- FTC settlement requires Illuminate to delete unnecessary student data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 02.12.2025 22:50