Welcome to the
Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community
The right information, in the right place, at the right time.
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Discover the
Student Data Privacy Consortium
...THE tactical privacy Community linking interoperability needs to privacy controls
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Connecting and Securing Effective Learning EcoSystems
Increased interoperability without the inclusion of privacy requirements = increased RISK.
Both data sharing and privacy parameters must be left identified and communicated.
The A4L and SDPC Community is the ONLY place to address both!
Introducing Unity...
With over 20 years of development experience in education, the latest Specification release has been designed BY the educational marketplace FOR the educational marketplace. It supports greater privacy & security control,
has been designed for API development and standardization, and has been created to work WITH other technical data standards, not replicate them.
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What is the SDPC?
The Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC), a special interest group (SIG) of the A4L Community, is partnering with all the organizations you have heard of addressing student privacy – but with a “how” rather than “why” approach. A National Data Privacy Agreement? A Global Education Privacy Standard? Tools to help with the app additions to your ecosystem and their ongoing mgmt? Then join 24 States, 4 countries and thousands of schools! Find out more...
Over 20 years of development experience in education
... but a technical blueprint for enabling diverse applications to securely share data related to educational entities. It is built using 20 years of experience by our volunteer members, developed using open, non-proprietary and transparent processes linked to a quality control Certification Program. 
