FTC’s Illuminate Education Order Serves as a Data Deletion Reminder

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On December 1, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a consent order against Illuminate Education, Inc. (Illuminate), a prominent provider of educational technology solutions, for alleged failures in protecting student data. The case provides a useful year-end reminder for organizations to prioritize and invest in their information security programs, including taking the privacy-protective step of deleting data once it is no longer in use….
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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