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<p>COVID-19 has had a major influence on the educational system. Since March 2020, the majority of teaching and learning has taken place online, including in the adult education sector. At the same time, the speedy transformation to the online mode has raised various legal issues, particularly regarding data protection, intellectual property rights, and compliance with the national legal framework. This article aims to analyse the compliance of online learning and teaching in adult education programmes with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, on the basis of that, make recommendations to adult education entities that offer online teaching and learning process. To achieve the aim, the author uses the following research methods: a doctrinal research method, a scientific literature review, and a survey. As a result, the author identifies various legal issues regarding personal data protection during recording online teaching and learning, such as compliance with the GDPR requirements during online lecturing, compliance of e-platform providers with the GDPR, unauthorised access, data loss, and cyberattacks.</p>
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COVID-19 has had a major influence on the educational system. Since March 2020, the majority of teaching and learning has taken place online, including in the adult education sector. At the same time, the speedy transformation to the online mode has raised various legal issues, particularly regarding data protection, intellectual property rights, and compliance with the national legal framework. This article aims to analyse the compliance of online learning and teaching in adult education programmes with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, on the basis of that, make recommendations to adult education entities that offer online teaching and learning process. To achieve the aim, the author uses the following research methods: a doctrinal research method, a scientific literature review, and a survey. As a result, the author identifies various legal issues regarding personal data protection during recording online teaching and learning, such as compliance with the GDPR requirements during online lecturing, compliance of e-platform providers with the GDPR, unauthorised access, data loss, and cyberattacks.

Selected Legal Issues in Online Adult Education: Compliance of Online Learning and Teaching Process with GDPR

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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COVID-19 has had a major influence on the educational system. Since March 2020, the majority of teaching and learning has taken place online, including in the...

Selected Legal Issues in Online Adult Education: Compliance of Online Learning and Teaching Process with GDPR

Published Online: Dec 09, 2023

Page range: 46 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2023-0015

Keywords
adult education, data protection, GDPR, online education, online teaching and learning

© 2023 Inga Jekabsone, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Selected Legal Issues in Online Adult Education: Compliance of Online Learning and Teaching Process with GDPR

Published Online: Dec 09, 2023

Page range: 46 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2023-0015

Keywordsadult education, data protection, GDPR, online education, online teaching and learning

© 2023 Inga Jekabsone, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
adult education, data protection, GDPR, online education, online teaching and learning