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About this tool
A prioritised privacy plan for teachers: protect student records on school platforms and keep your own number, device and time private.
The Teacher Privacy Starter Kit filters a 19-item action library down to what actually applies to your setting and the platforms you use, then scores readiness as a weighted percentage across three tracks: student data, accounts and devices, and your own boundaries as a teacher. It separates two different problems that get lumped together — protecting student records under school-issued accounts, and stopping a personal mobile number handed to one class WhatsApp group from following you forever — and ranks actions by consequence rather than listing them alphabetically. Built for teachers in primary, secondary, college, tuition and independent online settings who need a short list, not a compliance manual.
Open Teacher Privacy Starter Kit on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Actions tied to a platform you do not use, or to minors when you teach adults, drop out of the list and the score automatically.
Student-data controls and your own boundaries (personal number, reply hours, after-hours contact) are scored and ranked separately.
Using the school account instead of a personal one carries the most weight because it is the single action that puts every other control back under the school's controls.
The school is the data fiduciary for student records, meaning it is legally responsible for their retention, deletion and access controls. Student data that ends up in a teacher's personal account sits outside all of that, so the account you work from decides whether the rest of your setup even matters.
For students under 18, yes — but it is the school's consent to obtain and hold, not an individual teacher's. Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, processing a child's personal data requires verifiable consent from a parent or lawful guardian, and signing a class up for a new tool without the school's approval can create an unapproved transfer of that data to a third party.
Move class communication to a school number, a second SIM or a work messaging app, restrict who can post in the group so it is not the default contact channel, and publish reply hours in the group description itself. A number already shared with one class cannot be taken back, so the fix is preventing the next group from getting it, and setting expectations for the ones that already have it.
Not without written parental permission for that specific use, when students are minors. Consent for a child to be in a classroom is not consent for their name, face or work to appear on a public social account, and a photo is enough to identify a child even without a name attached.