On November 17, 2025, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (ON IPC) and Alberta’s Office of the Information and ...

PowerSchool Holdings LLC and Chicago Public Schools agreed to settle a data collection lawsuit from a student who sued over the education system’s use of the company’s Naviance platform.

The second lawsuit against the K-12 system centers around how data is collected.

FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool, a leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, today announced the launch of PowerBuddy for Engagement, a family-facing AI assistant that ...

Education software giant PowerSchool suffered from a hack that might have put the sensitive data of K-12 students and teachers at risk. It’s unclear how many people were affected, but the PowerSchool ...

A global data breach of the PowerSchool information system means that a hacker obtained personal data from North Carolina teachers and students. PowerSchool notified its customers, including the North ...

PowerSchool sells student data without parents' informed consent, a federal lawsuit alleges. The edtech giant calls the lawsuit's allegations "unfounded and inaccurate." Oral arguments on ...

A data breach at Idaho's widely used school system has led to a class-action lawsuit, alleging PowerSchool failed to protect sensitive student and staff information.

PowerSchool, a software provider popular at K-12 schools, was the target of a data breach in late December that affected many districts in the U.S. and in other countries, according to the company and ...

A hacker who stole data about students and teachers from the international PowerSchool database was paid a ransom to destroy the data. Now schools are facing extortion threats. Dreamstime/TNS TNS ...

PowerSchool, the powerhouse educational software company based in Folsom, has agreed to be acquired by Bain Capital in a deal worth $5.6 billion, the companies announced Friday. The purchase will earn ...